Perspective

And I seem to be reading a lot of books lately. "50 Physics ideas you really need to know", by Joanne Baker is another book I happened to read. There are some great quotes in there. I will post some of the quotes here. Hope you find this interesting.

"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." - Neil Armstrong.

I remember a neighbour's child. As he went out of our house, and into the sunlight, he turned back and saw his own shadow fall across the floor like a monster. He took fright at that and wept inconsolably.

I think the fact that you can see Earth glimmer like a blue marble has had a profound impact on our consciousness. No longer do we think we are special. We are in just another planet. Probably the only one that supports life.

And as if upon a string, we are poised precariously between life and death.