The undevout astronomer must be mad.

I have looked farther into space than ever a human being did before me.

I have looked further into space than ever human being did before me. I have observed stars of which the light, it can be proved, must take two million years to reach the earth.

Seeing is in some respect an art, which must be learnt.

The heavens are now seen to resemble a luxuriant garden, which contains the greatest variety of productions, in different flourishing beds.

He broke through the barriers of the skies.

We need not hesitate to admit that the Sun is richly stored with inhabitants.

I have tried to improve telescopes and practiced continually to see with them. These instruments have play'd me so many tricks that I have at last found them out in many of their humours.

That planet has a considerable but moderate atmosphere. So that the inhabitants probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours.

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we see on the moon are the works of the Lunarians and may be called their Towns.

There really is nothing like firsthand knowledge if it’s mine.

reach for the stars because even if you fall there are always the clouds to catch you

It's not as if our lives are simply divided into light and dark. There's a shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does.

Storytelling? God started that. Discovery. Lust. Murder. Revenge. Power. Sin. Redemption. Forgiveness. Miracles. We simply retell the stories in the language of our generation.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols.

I've always despised the hippies.

Start-ups should be based on radical ideas. There should be a high failure rate for start-ups, because if there isn't their ideas aren't bold enough.

In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest

Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.