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We are discovering what the universe is really like, and it is totally magnificent, and one can only be inspired and awestruck by what we find.

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.

Some people take the view that the universe is simply there, and it runs along - it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe.

We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther.

My view is that you don't tell the universe what to do. The universe is how it is, and it's our job to figure it out.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe.

The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.