Origin Quotes

“Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without reason, by a miracle, and from then on to swim in it as in the brightest and least ambiguous of elements: even a glance towards land, even the thought that one perhaps exists for something else as well as swimming, even the slightest impulse of our amphibious nature — is sin! And notice that all this means that the foundation of belief and all reflection on its origin is likewise excluded as sinful. What is wanted are blindness and intoxication and an eternal song over the waves in which reason has drowned.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

“I want to marry you because I'm in love with you, Kat. I will always be in love with you. That's not going to change today or two weeks from now. I will be just as in love with you in twenty years as I am today.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Origin

“So I was thinking, there're eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds in a day, right? There're one thousand, four hundred and forty minutes in a day...There're one hundred and sixty-eight hours in a week. Around eighty-seven hundred and then some hours in a year, and you know what?...I want to spend every second, every minute, every hour with you...I want a year's worth of seconds and minutes with you. I want a decade's worth of hours, so many that I can't add them up.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Origin

“The role played by time at the beginning of the universe is, I believe, the final key to removing the need for a Grand Designer, and revealing how the universe created itself. … Time itself must come to a stop. You can’t get to a time before the big bang, because there was no time before the big bang. We have finally found something that does not have a cause because there was no time for a cause to exist in. For me this means there is no possibility of a creator because there is no time for a creator to have existed. Since time itself began at the moment of the Big Bang, it was an event that could not have been caused or created by anyone or anything. … So when people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the Big Bang, so there is no time for God to make the universe in. It’s like asking for directions to the edge of the Earth. The Earth is a sphere. It does not have an edge, so looking for it is a futile exercise.”
― Stephen W. Hawking

“Me and Katy look adorkable in extraterrestrial
highway shirts. You would just look stupid. You can thank me later.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Origin

“I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.”
― Takeshi Shudo, The Art of Pokemon, The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back!

“What then is truth? A mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms—in short, a sum of human relations which have been enhanced, transposed, and embellished poetically and rhetorically, and which after long use seem firm, canonical, and obligatory to a people: truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are; metaphors which are worn out and without sensuous power; coins which have lost their pictures and now matter only as metal, no longer as coins.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense

“The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“The glow flares bright—bright as the billion-year-old light around us. Bright as a sun.

Almost every particle in the universe was once part of a star.

First, hydrogen condensing and collapsing, bringing radiance to the void.

Furnaces burning bright, then fading, giving all they had left back into the cosmos.

Carbon and oxygen. Iron and gold.

Vast clouds swirling with their own gravity. Coalescing and disintegrating.

Generation to generation.

The remnants of stellar alchemy, stirring into life, then consciousness.

Crawling from the oceans. Taking to the skies.

And from there, back to the stars that birthed them.

A perfect circle.”
― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae

“The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most dishonourable belief against the character of the divinity, the most destructive to morality, and the peace and happiness of man, that ever was propagated since man began to exist. It is better, far better, that we admitted, if it were possible, a thousand devils to roam at large, and to preach publicly the doctrine of devils, if there were any such, than that we permitted one such impostor and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God in his mouth, and have credit among us.

Whence arose all the horrid assassinations of whole nations of men, women, and infants, with which the Bible is filled; and the bloody persecutions, and tortures unto death and religious wars, that since that time have laid Europe in blood and ashes; whence arose they, but from this impious thing called revealed religion, and this monstrous belief that God has spoken to man? The lies of the Bible have been the cause of the one, and the lies of the Testament of the other.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“All you have to do is ask, Peaches.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Darkest Star

“At the end of time I want my art to stand up and my soul to bow down.”
― Rob Ryser, Great Desires for Absent Things

“How much of ME is my own and how much is stamped into my blood and bone, predestined?”
― Thi Bui, The Best We Could Do

“It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“They all seem infected with a vivaciousness that isn't common in our compound, and there are more smiles on their faces than I've ever seen at once. And yet as I watch them, I feel more intensely than ever the knowledge that I'm not one of them. For these moral humans, birthdays are a kind of countdown to the end, the ticking clock of a dwindling life. For me, birthdays are notches on an infinite timeline. Will I grow tired of parties one day? Will my birthday become meaningless? I imagine myself centuries from now, maybe at my three-hundredth birthday, looking all the way back to my seventeenth. How will I possibly be happy, remembering the light in my mother's eyes? The swiftness of Uncle Antonio's steps as he dances? The way my father stands on edge of the courtyard, smiling in that vague, absent way of his?

The scene shifts and blues in my imagination. As if brushed away by some invisible broom, these people whom I've known my entire life disappear. The courtyard is empty, bare, covered in decaying leaves. I imagine Little Cam deserted, with everyone dead and gone and only me left in the shadows.

Forever.”
― Jessica Khoury, Origin

“Knowing your origin gives you half your purpose sometimes, builds its base.”
― Misba, The High Auction

“Time blossomed, matter shrank away. The highest prime number coalesced quietly in a corner and hid itself away forever.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

“The land of Maren, my island,
calls to me in my fretful sleep.
Like dancing ribbons of light,
it winds its memories around
my starved, yearning torso,
tearing at my aching heart.

“I am twirling now,
unravelling a ribbon memory
of light, warm sand
and cresting waves around me.

“To feel at breath with my
unique, native land
and to retrace my footprints
across its terrains would be ...
heavenly.”
― Susan L. Marshall, All the Hope We Carry

“I am directly connected to my source and origin”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“The one who resides in La-Makan (placeless origin; God’s throne) is present in every place; if He is present, then what is 'La-Makan'?”
― Wasif Ali Wasif

“English: "Even the non-human and inanimate world is our co-author."

Česky: „I nečlověčí a neživý svět je naším spoluautorem.”
― Sebastián Wortys

“English: "We emerge as a creation of society, which becomes its co-author."

Česky: „Vznikáme jako výtvor společnosti, který se stane svým spoluautorem.”
― Sebastián Wortys

“English: "Our creation is not our decision."

Česky: „Náš vznik není naše rozhodnutí.”
― Sebastián Wortys

“If traditional myths of origin raise more questions than they answer, we should not be surprised that a scientific myth of origin should do the same. Science is nothing if not the continuous asking of new questions.”
― Robert N. Bellah, Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age

“Roxannah plucked an early-blooming flower, white with the faintest tinge of pink and a red pillar at the center, though most of the buds would not open for another month. "What do you think?"
Adin, who had been examining a thick stalk and some of the broad leaves for damage, held up his trowel. "Perfect. I don't know how you even found these plants all the way out here." He knelt and started to dig. "When we were children in Elephantine, my mother used to make sweets with the sap of the marsh mallow. It's an Egyptian delicacy. In ancient times, it was reserved for the pharaohs. Thankfully, these days the rest of us can enjoy it too."
Intrigued, Roxannah dropped down next to him. "Cook is always telling us to discover new recipes. How did your mother make it?"
He looked up from his digging. "As I mentioned earlier, my expertise lies more in the area of consumption than production."
"A talent every good cook appreciates."
He shifted his trowel to get around a stubborn root. "I do remember the ingredients since I helped to gather them. Honey, nuts, and mallow sap. Simple, eh?"
"I can experiment with that." She broke off a narrow stalk and gingerly put a dollop of the sap on her tongue. "Very sticky."
"I think that's the secret. The sap pulls everything together into a chewy treat.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Queen's Cook

“You think the universe was always here?

Douglass, everything has an origin.

Maybe you're both right. Things don't get created out of nothing. Creations are made outta ingredients. Even ingredients are made out of ingredients. Think about it:
Universes are made of galaxies are made of stars are made of gases are made of atoms are made of quarks are made of universes... for all we know.

Cool.

Maybe there's an infinite number of big bangs, each one creating a universe that forms a single quark...which interacts with other quarks to build a larger universe. And then that universe fits inside a singularity that explodes into another big bang becoming another quark.

Makes sense, but... it had to start at some point, right?

Why?

We're all basically apes with language and clothes. Maybe we think there has to be a "start" 'cause human brains are just too primitive to comprehend infinity. "Creation" happens, but it's not a "start". It's a coming together of what always was to make what always will be.

That's a lot like the "turtles all the way down".”
― Darrin Bell, The Talk

“The Vietnamese were born from the marriage of a dragon from the sea and a goddess from the mountain. They lived together long enough to have one hundred children, but upon realizing that he craved the water, and she her mountains, they split their family in half and went their separate ways.”
― Nghi Vo, The Ghost Years

“ভালো আর মন্দ, আলো আর অন্ধকার সৃষ্টির মুহূর্ত থেকেই বর্তমান, বৈপরীত্য আছে বলে সৃষ্টির সার্থকতা আছে। দানবিকতার ওপরে ঐশ্বরিকতার প্রতিষ্ঠাই মানুষের সাধনা।”
― Taradas Bandyopadhyay, তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক সমগ্র

“মনে হয় সৃষ্টির গভীরতম কারণটা ঈশ্বর মানুষের কাছ থেকে চিরদিনের জন্য আড়াল করে রেখেছেন। সে রহস্য জানতে পারলে সৃষ্টির আর কোনও সার্থকতা থাকবে না। গোলকধাম খেলেছ তো? সেই যে কড়ি চেলে, কাগজে ছাপা ছকের ওপর গুটি এগিয়ে নিয়ে খেলা। জন্ম থেকে শুরু হয়ে বিদ্যালয়, কর্মক্ষেত্র, আদালত, পতিতালয়, শৌণ্ডিকালয়, মন্দির ইত্যাদির খোপে আঁকা ঘর পেরিয়ে খেলুড়েকে একটু একটু করে ওপরে উঠতে হয়। সবচেয়ে ওপরের খোপের নাম হচ্ছে গোলকধাম। সেখানে পৌছলেই খেলা শেষ। তারপর ছক আর গুটি তুলে ফেলা ছাড়া আর কিছু করার থাকে না। আমাদের জীবনও তাই। সবকিছু জেনে ফেললেই খেলা শেষ। সেটা ভগবান চান না। তা একদিক থেকে ভালই, খেলা চলছে চলুক না।”
― Taradas Bandyopadhyay, তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক সমগ্র

“মাটিই তো সব। মাটিতে সৃষ্টি, এই মাটিতে প্রতিষ্ঠা, মাটিতে মৃত্যু। মাটিতে মহাকাল মিশে থাকে। বৈদ্য যেমন রোগীর নাড়ি থেকে শরীরের গতিক বুঝতে পারে, তেমনি মাটি শুঁকে সবকিছু বলে দেওয়া যায়।”
― Taradas Bandyopadhyay, তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক সমগ্র