If the earth should cease to attract its waters to itself all the waters of the sea would be raised and would flow to the body of the moon.

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.

There is no wrong answer. Even so, it is easy to receive wrong results, simply by asking the wrong question.

But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.

This is unacceptable! We’re English, damn it! We know how to build things where they shouldn't be! - Governor Dewar

If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

Christians are not perfect, and all of us do sin along the way. But genuine Christians hear His voice and follow Him.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Keep your exclamation points under control!

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.