There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.

Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

May I not seem to have lived in vain.

An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.

And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions.

So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.

Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen . . . Amazed, and as if astonished and stupified, I stood still

When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes.

It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.

You can only build on success, but to do this you have to be willing to let go of your last success and use it as a stepping stone for your next achievement.

A ‘biomass’ man is not deeply analyzing things to draw a meaningful conclusions

Believe in the promise of today, and have hope in the possibilities of tomorrow

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world

They keep telling me don't save you. If I ignore all that advice and something isn't right then who will I complain to?

I think I'm going to venture into the futuristic, semi sci-fi love story land, but still in my style of improvisation.

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find the causes is implanted in man's soul.

Your life is infinite. You are as old as these mountains and you will remain for ever.