Georges Lemaître quotes

Georges Lemaître was a Belgian priest, astronomer, and physicist, widely regarded as the father of the Big Bang theory. His work laid the foundations for modern cosmology by proposing that the universe is expanding from an initial "primeval atom." He combined his scientific expertise with deep philosophical and religious insight. Here are 3 of his quotes:

We want a fireworks theory of evolution. The last two thousand million years are slow evolution: they are the smoke and ashes of bright but very rapid fireworks.

Georges Lemaître

I was interested in truth from the point of view of salvation just as much as in truth from the point of view of scientific certainty. It appeared to me that there were two paths to truth, and I decided to follow both of them.

Georges Lemaître