exisitence..like breathing only quieter

Hello,
Long time since I last popped in, but I moved to Spain and had to wait 6 months to get online.
I am looking for help; I am making a piece of public art for a site in Bow, (London.) It is a traditional looking column with a statue on the top. Only the statue is fed up of standing and is kneeling down staring into the square. On the pillar I want to put 2 pieces of text; one a quote or equation pointing out the unlikelyness and miraculous nature of our existence.

The second saying something along the lines of "how poor this life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare." But this poem is too well known I think to use.

I want the people living around it to take a minute to stop and reflect without it being too corny or patronising.
Any ideas?
Natalie Sirren