(The Nationalist, c. October 2001)
‘When we list the number of galaxies or prove the existence of elementary articles, then this is probably not proof of the existence of God. But as a research scientist I am deeply impressed by the order and beauty that I find in the cosmos and within material phenomena. And as an observer of nature I cannot reject the thought that here a higher order of things exists in advance. I find the thought that all this is the result of coincidence, or mere statistical diversity, absolutely unacceptable. A higher intelligence exists here over and above the existence of the universe itself’.
(Carlo Rubbia, 1992 winner of the Nobel prize for physics and Director of CERN.)
‘My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimited spirit who reveals himself in the minutest details that we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of superior reasoning power is revealed in the comprehensible universe. That forms my idea of God’.
(Albert Einstein, winner of the Nobel Prize for physics, he developed the theory of relativity.)
‘The deeper we delve into the harmonious disposition of the natural forces governed by eternal and unchangeable laws that are nevertheless hidden from our complete understanding, the more we feel ourselves moved to humble self-effacement, the more clearly we understand the range of our knowledge, the more eager becomes our effort to wrest further secrets from this inexhaustible fount of knowledge and power, and the more does our wonder grow in the presence of the infinite wisdom and order which permeates all creation.’
(Werner von Siemens, pioneer of dynamos, electricity generation and electric trains.)
‘I do not know how I appear to the world, but I see myself as a child playing by the seaside, who is glad because every now and again he finds a pebble smoother than the rest, or a shell more fascinating, while the mighty ocean of truth rolls unexplored before him.’
(Isaac Newton, founder of modern physics and investigator of gravitation.)
‘Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. It supports us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives’.
(Alexis Carrel, French biologist, Nobel prize-winner and pioneer of techniques necessary for transplant surgery.)
‘Silence stands outside the world of profit and utility. It is “unproductive” and therefore regarded as useless. Yet there is more help and healing in silence than in all the useful things’.
(Max Picard, French pioneer of underwater exploration.)
‘As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell, as a result of my research about the atoms, this much: there is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of an atom to vibration and holds the most minute solar system of the atom together…. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.’
(Max Planck, founder of the quantum theory in physics.)