We find, therefore, under this orderly arrangement, a wonderful symmetry in the universe, and a definite relation of harmony in the motion and magnitude of the orbs, of a kind that is not possible to obtain in any other way.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

I am a Lutheran astrologer, I throw away the nonsense and keep the hard kernel.

Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.

Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.

Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens.

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