Universe

Universe

The universe is commonly defined as the totality of existence, including planets, stars, galaxies, the contents of intergalactic space, and all matter and energy. Definitions and usage vary and similar terms include the cosmos, the world and nature.

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Famous quotes containing the word universe:

    “All the universe over, there is but one thing, this old Two- Face, creator-creature, mind-matter, right-wrong, of which any proposition may be affirmed or denied.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    “When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.”
    —Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)