What a wonderful and amazing Scheme have we here of the magnificent Vastness of the Universe! So many Suns, so many Earths.

I do not believe anything very certainly, but everything very probably.

The world is my country. Science my religion.

It is surrounded by a thin flat ring, inclined to the ecliptic, and nowhere touches the body of the planet.

One may conceive light to spread successively, by spherical waves.

There are many degrees of Probable, some nearer Truth than others, in the determining of which lies the chief exercise of our Judgment.

It's evident God had no design to make a particular Enumeration in the Holy Scriptures, of all the Works of his Creation.

The rest of the planets have their dress and furniture, nay and their inhabitants too, as well as this Earth of ours.

Here we may mount from this dull Earth, and viewing it from on high, consider whether Nature has laid out all her Cost and Finery upon this small Speck of Dirt.

I do not mind at all that Newton is not a Cartesian provided he does not offer us suppositions like that of attraction.

I had not thought of this regular decrease of gravity, namely that it is as the inverse square of the distance; this is a new and highly remarkable property of gravity.

Supplementing the far, remote Glory-of-God expression in his face, the glory-of-doughnuts shone suddenly very warmly.

What I did cannot be forgiven, any more than it could have been avoided.

Whatever happens next, I'm sure it's going to be a great adventure.

I believe that many sacrifices need to be made in order to do your best as a parent, but I also believe you don't have to abandon your whole life.

this IS the time when man must be Free.

Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition.

Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.

She wanted out of the decorating scheme.

I think outdoors has been my second home. My parents wouldn't be like, "Go and do a puzzle," they'd be like, "Hey, there's a forest across the street. You need to go play in it."

Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.