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.

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.

I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.

We will share each other’s burdens with love and kindness.

Her black is beautiful, his society is ugly.

I stop to brace myself against the walls, which are painted with the fingerprints of family.

You can't ring the bells and at the same time walk in the procession.

Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.

If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.

As a tree, even though it has been cut down, is firm so long as its root is safe, and grows again, thus, unless the feeders of thirst are destroyed, the pain (of life) will return again and again.

I make love to the beautiful Maria and you make love to your stick!