...for a long time I wanted to become a theologian... now, however, behold how through my efforts God is being debated in astronomy.

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

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

So, Fabricius, I already have this: that the most true path of the planet [Mars] is an ellipse, which Dürer also calls an oval, or certainly so close to an ellipse that the difference is insensible.

Do we ask what profit the little bird hopes for in singing?

If there is anything that can bind the heavenly mind of man to this dreary exile of our earthly home and can reconcile us with our fate so that one can enjoy living,-then it is verily the enjoyment of the mathematical sciences and astronomy.

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