The human being is that space in which the comprehensive compassion that pervades the universe from the very beginning now begins to surface --within…

- Brian Swimme

This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebuds, giraffes and …

- Brian Swimme

When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness.

- Brian Swimme

Four billion years ago the planet Earth was molten rock; now it sings opera!

- Brian Swimme

The universe shivers with wonder in the depths of the human.

- Brian Swimme

The new cosmic story emerging into human awareness overwhelms all previous conceptions of the universe for the simple reason that it draws them all i…

- Brian Swimme

There is nothing more mysterious than destiny - of a person, of our species, of our planet, or of the universe itself.

- Brian Swimme

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this means is that we must address tree…

- Brian Swimme

By pursuing your allurements, you help bind the universe together. The unity of the world rests on the pursuit of passion.

- Brian Swimme