Compiled spiritual insights by scientists, including some of the greatest physicists of the 20th century...

Compiled spiritual insights by scientists, including some of the greatest physicists of the 20th century...

"Our separation from each other is an optical illusion.

Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. Matter is spirit reduced to point of visibility. There is no matter.

Time does not exist – we invented it. Time is what the clock says. The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Time and space are not conditions in which we live, but modes by which we think.

The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.

The common idea that I am an atheist is based on a big mistake. Anyone who interprets my scientific theories this way, did not understand them.

I’m not an atheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books."

~ Albert Einstein

(Developed the theory of relativity - one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics); won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921)

“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness.

There is no matter as such – mind is the matrix of all matter.”

~ Max Planck

(Originator of quantum theory, which revolutionized human understanding of atomic and subatomic processes; Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918)

“Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental. It cannot be accounted for in terms of anything else.

The total number of minds in the universe is one. In fact, consciousness is a singularity phasing within all beings.

Consciousness is never experienced in the plural, only in the singular. Not only has none of us ever experienced more than one consciousness, but there is also no trace of evidence of this ever happening anywhere in the world.”

~ Erwin Schrödinger

(One of the founders of quantum theory; developed a number of fundamental results; Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933)

"Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet."

~ Niels Bohr

(Made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922)

"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you."

~ Werner Heisenberg

(One of the key pioneers of quantum mechanics; Winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics)

“A bit of science distances one from God, but much science nears one to Him.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.”

~ Louis Pasteur

(Influential microbiologist and chemist; one of the most important founders of modern bacteriology and medical microbiology) 

"The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics."

~ Galileo Galilei 

(Considered the "father of observational astronomy", even "father of modern physics / science"; made major contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy)

“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."

~ Isaac Newton

(Key figure in the scientific revolution; laid the foundations of classical mechanics; formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until it was superseded by the theory of relativity; widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time)

"A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician. He is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales told by a mysterious, invisible storyteller.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

~ Marie Curie

(Physicist and chemist; did research on radioactivity; first woman to win a Nobel Prize; first person to win two Nobel Prizes)

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

My brain is only a receiver, there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

Even matter called inorganic, believed to be dead, gives clear, unmistakable evidence of a life principle within. Though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being.

The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.”

~ Nikola Tesla

(Electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist; considered one of the greatest inventors in history; sometimes regarded as the most outstanding genius of all time; Einstein once called him the most intelligent person on the planet)

"Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking inside a radio for the announcer."

~ Nassim Haramein

(Physicist; Founder of groundbreaking theories, published papers and patented inventions in unified physics, which are now gaining worldwide recognition and acceptance)

If anyone ever claims that spirituality and science are incompatible, this compilation of quotes might clearly demonstrate the ignorance of such an assumption.