Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to men is one of the reasons that Man is the image of God.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.

Where there is matter, there is geometry.

Why are things as they are and not otherwise?

Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.

Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.

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.'

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.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

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.

After so many years struggling to keep up with you, I finally realized we’re not even running the same race.

They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

I would thank God, but I don't believe in it.

Remember, if you succeed in everything you try in life, you're living below your full potential and you should take up more difficult or daring things.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

Find something you love and do it better than everyone else.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that stuff, 'cause that's just like part of my DNA.

While there's time left, I want to do different kinds of things.