Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.
The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God and which He revealed to us in the language of mathematics.
The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises; sun, moon, and planets, glorify Him in your ineffable language! Praise Him, celestial harmonies, and all ye who can comprehend them! And thou, my soul, praise thy Creator! It is by Him and in Him that all exist.
Where there is matter, there is geometry.
I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'
Why are things as they are and not otherwise?
My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside myself.
Nature loves simplicity and unity.
It is a right, yes a duty, to search in cautious manner for the numbers, sizes, and weights, the norms for everything [God] has created. For He himself has let man take part in the knowledge of these things ... For these secrets are not of the kind whose research should be forbidden; rather they are set before our eyes like a mirror so that by examining them we observe to some extent the goodness and wisdom of the Creator.
Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.
Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.
Without proper experiments I conclude nothing.
Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.
Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
The heavenly motions... are nothing but a continuous song for several voices, perceived not by the ear but by the intellect, a figured music which sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time.
The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind.
[God] is the kind Creator who brought forth nature out of nothing.
Great is God our Lord, great is His power and there is no end to His wisdom. Praise Him you heavens, glorify Him, sun and moon and you planets. For out of Him and through Him, and in Him are all things..... We know, oh, so little. To Him be the praise, the honor and the glory from eternity to eternity.
I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.
Do we ask what profit the little bird hopes for in singing?
We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens.
Nature uses as little as possible of anything.
When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships.
O telescope, instrument of much knowledge, more precious than any sceptre!
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