James Jeans Quotes


"The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine."
- James Jeans
(Related: Thought, Machine, Universe)

"To travel hopefully is better than to arrive."
- James Jeans
(Related: Travel)

"From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician."
- James Jeans
(Related: Creation, Now, Universe)

"Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars."
- James Jeans
(Related: Space, Stars, Will)

"Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties."
- James Jeans
(Related: Life, Universe)