Now, as God the maker play'd he taught the game to Nature whom he created in his image; taught her the selfsame game which he played to her.

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's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes.

This is serious, if Martha gets the maximum sentence on all counts, she could serve 20 years in prison. Of course, you have to take off time off for good behavior, which means 20 years in prison.

I think I understand life. I think I understand how to live. I'm enjoying my life. I don't really live in an as extravagant a way as people think.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.

See, Colie, it's all about understanding. We're all worth something.

I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow the story and that means you lean on the actors.

There is no example on the planet of a successful economy with broadly shared prosperity and a shrinking, weak government.