“Humans are that part of the Earth that has awakened to itself.”

“Each being in the universe is the result of 13.8 billion years of creative development.”

— Brian Swimme, Cosmogenesis (2022)

“If you understand that you are made of stellar material, you understand your kinship with every …”

— Brian Swimme, The Universe is a Green Dragon (1984)

“The future depends on whether we can learn to see ourselves as Earth.”

— Brian Swimme, Journey of the Universe (2011)

“The greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise is that we live in a developing universe.”

— Brian Swimme, Cosmogenesis (2022)

“The universe is not a collection of objects but a communion of subjects.”

— Brian Swimme, The Universe Story (1992)

“The universe is the primary sacred community, the primary revelation, the primary text.”

— Brian Swimme, The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos (1996)