“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ~ Arthur C. Clark

“We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.”
– Alan Watts

It’s not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe. We are in the universe and the universe is in us.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
– Douglas Adams

“Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature’s monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed.”
~ Guillaume Apollinaire

If you want to make an apple pie, you must first create the universe
– Carl Sagan

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
~ Joseph Campbell

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”
~ Buddha

“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.”
– Dalai Lama

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
~ Calvin to Hobbes

Bonus:

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” ~ Stephen Hawking