Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen . . . Amazed, and as if astonished and stupified, I stood still

Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

May I not seem to have lived in vain.

An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.

And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions.

So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.

When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes.

There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.

It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.

Here is a minute. It may be my love is dead, but here is a minute to kneel over the grave and pray by it.

Face it―nobody cares.But so what? Their apathy doesn't diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so that they don't feel like nobody cares.

I see the same sky above me, the same stars and moon, but nothing will ever be the same for me, because I love you.” Whoever said love was grand evidently had never been in love.

Man is by nature a civic animal.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom

In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.

Earthly regeneration is a parable, but just alone a parable of the things to come.

Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do