The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
If you seek to understand the whole universe you will understand nothing at all but seek to understand yourself and you will understand the whole universe.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Whether you’re a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path, if you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours.
Science tells theology about the structure and history of the universe and its evolutionary nature. Religious insight can set the laws of nature in a more profound context of understanding, so that their deep order, rational beauty and anthropic fine-tuning become intelligible.
