Why are things as they are and not otherwise?

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.

Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.

The squares of the periodic times are proportional to the cubes of the mean distances from the sun.

The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises; sun, moon, and planets, glorify Him in your ineffable language! Praise Him, celestial harmonies, and all ye who can comprehend them! And thou, my soul, praise thy Creator! It is by Him and in Him that all exist.

Geometry existed before the creation. It is co-eternal with the mind of God...Geometry provided God with a model for the Creation.

The Creator, the fountain of all wisdom, the approver of perpetual order, the eternal and superessential spring of geometry and harmonics.