I do not believe there is any one study that can be taken up that will broaden the imagination, that will be the source from which will spring more deep thinking and sincere research than the study of astronomy.
Gene Stratton-PorterThere never was a moment in my life, when I felt so in the Presence, as I do now. I feel as if the Almighty were so real, and so near, that I could reach out and touch Him, as I could this wonderful work of His, if I dared. I feel like saying to Him: 'To the extent of my brain power I realize Your presence, and all it is in me to comprehend of Your power. Help me to learn, even this late, the lessons of Your wonderful creations. Help me to unshackle and expand my soul to the fullest realization of Your wonders. Almighty God, make me bigger, make me broader!
Gene Stratton-PorterI do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.
Gene Stratton-PorterThe wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.
Gene Stratton-Porter