5 Freeman Dyson Quotes on Life

Freeman Dyson quotes on life

3. The more I examine the universe and the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known we were coming.

9. The biggest breakthrough in the next 50 years will be the discovery of extraterrestrial life. We have been searching for it for 50 years and found nothing. That proves life is rarer than we hoped, but does not prove that the universe is lifeless. We are only now developing the tools to make our searches efficient and far-reaching, as optical and radio detection and data processing move forward.

22. I am content to be one of the multitude of Christians who do not care much about the doctrine of the Trinity or the historical truth of the gospels. Both as a scientist and as a religious person, I am accustomed to living with uncertainty. Science is exciting because it is full of unsolved mysteries, and religion is exciting for the same reason. The greatest unsolved mysteries are the mysteries of our existence as conscious beings in a small corner of a vast universe.

47. You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?

48. It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.