James Jeans monostich

 … an objective world,  external to man,

            independent of man,

                          indifferent to man ……………….

[Source:  The Growth of Physical Science (1951)]

Historical note:

That quote recalls that of Pascal -- “Le silence eternel des ces espaces infinis m'effraie” -- except that the English astronomer, unlike the Frenchman -- the Jeansonist vice the Jansenist -- took it in stride, with a stiff upper lip.