Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. John Archibald Wheeler More Quotes by John Archibald Wheeler More Quotes From John Archibald Wheeler Every heat engineer knows he can design his heat engine reliably and accurately on the foundation of the second law [of thermodynamics]. Run alongside one of the molecules, however, and ask it what it thinks of the second law. It will laugh at us. It never heard of the second law. It does what it wants. All the same, a collection of billions upon billions of such molecules obeys the second law with all the accuracy one could want John Archibald Wheeler lawrunningthinking Now is the time for everyone who believes in the rule of reason to speak up against pathological science and its purveyors. John Archibald Wheeler speakreasonbelieve Of all heroes , Spinoza was Einstein 's greatest. No one expressed more strongly then he a belief in the harmony , the beauty , and most of all the ultimate comprehensibility of nature. John Archibald Wheeler spinozabeliefhero One can only learn by teaching. John Archibald Wheeler physicsteaching I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature a searcher trying to understand. If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day. John Archibald Wheeler strangecuriositytrying If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day. John Archibald Wheeler strangegracefound It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot. John Archibald Wheeler degreeseventshot The laws of physics that we regard John Archibald Wheeler sacredphysicslaw This is *our* Universe, our museum of wonder and beauty, our cathedral. John Archibald Wheeler museumssciencereligion Surely where there's smoke there's fire? No, where there's so much smoke there's smoke. John Archibald Wheeler smokefire There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider all the angles from which we might gain perspective on our amazing universe and the nature of existence. John Archibald Wheeler perspectiveworldthinking
