Quotes by : Alan Lightman

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with....

As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowledge,....

Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned....

Then there are those who think their bodies don't exist. They live by mechanical time. They rise at seven....

Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could....

Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.

But what is the past? Could it be, the firmness of the past is just illusion? Could the past be a kaleidoscope,....

And at the place where time stands still, one sees lovers kissing in the shadows of buildings, in a frozen....

Each time is true, but the truths are not the same.

I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology,....