I have such a horror of telegrams that ask me how I am!! I always want to reply dead.
There is in the universe neither center nor circumference.
Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark. There are also numberless earths circling around their suns.
I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!
God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds.
There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the position of a body is relative to that of other bodies. Everywhere there is incessant relative change in position throughout the universe, and the observer is always at the center of things.
A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.
. . . the laws of physics and of logic. . . the number system. . . the principle of algebraic substitution. These are ghosts. We just believe in them so thoroughly they seem real.
By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu.
But I think you could say my parts in Appointment In London and Gilbert and Sullivan were particularly interesting.