When things are in order, if the cause of the orderliness cannot be deduced from the motion of the elements or from the composition of matter, it is quite possibly a cause possessing a mind.

In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason.

My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside myself.

Now, as God the maker play'd he taught the game to Nature whom he created in his image; taught her the selfsame game which he played to her.

When things are in order, if the cause of the orderliness cannot be deduced from the motion of the elements or from the composition of matter, it is quite possibly a cause possessing a mind.

Nature loves simplicity and unity.

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