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Johannes Kepler Quotes

O telescope, instrument of knowledge, more precious than any sceptre Picture Quote #1

Eyesight should learn from reason Picture Quote #1

Where there is matter, there is geometry Picture Quote #1

Nature loves simplicity and unity Picture Quote #1

Every corporeal substance, so far forth as it is corporeal, has a natural fitness for resting in every place where it may be situated by itself beyond the sphere of influence of a body cognate with it Picture Quote #1

Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary vastness of space Picture Quote #1

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I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the mean distances Picture Quote #1

I also ask you my friends not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and allow me time for philosophical speculations, my only pleasures Picture Quote #1

The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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... Those laws are within the grasp of the human mind. God wanted us to recognize them by creating us after his own image so that we could share in his own thoughts... and if piety allow us to say so, our understanding is in this respect of the same kind as the divine, at least as far as we are able to grasp something of it in our mortal life Picture Quote #1

When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships Picture Quote #1

Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity Picture Quote #1

If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance... These comments are not worth printing. Yet it gives me pleasure to remember how many detours I had to make, along how many walls I had to grope in the darkness of my ignorance until I found the door which lets in the light of the truth... In such manner did I dream of the truth Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens Picture Quote #1

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The roads by which men arrive at their insights into celestial matters seem to me almost as worthy of wonder as those matters in themselves Picture Quote #1

We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens Picture Quote #1

A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an obstinate mule, until compelled by beating and curses to put its foot into that dirty puddle Picture Quote #1

If the earth were not round, heavy bodies would not tend from every side in a straight line towards the center of the earth, but to different points from different sides Picture Quote #1

If the earth should cease to attract its waters to itself all the waters of the sea would be raised and would flow to the body of the moon Picture Quote #1

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O telescope, instrument of knowledge, more precious than any sceptre (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Eyesight should learn from reason (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Where there is matter, there is geometry (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Nature loves simplicity and unity (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Every corporeal substance, so far forth as it is corporeal, has a natural fitness for resting in every place where it may be situated by itself beyond the sphere of influence of a body cognate with it (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary vastness of space (Johannes Kepler Quotes) I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses (Johannes Kepler Quotes) 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 (Johannes Kepler Quotes) The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the mean distances (Johannes Kepler Quotes) I also ask you my friends not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and allow me time for philosophical speculations, my only pleasures (Johannes Kepler Quotes) The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind (Johannes Kepler Quotes) 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 (Johannes Kepler Quotes) ... Those laws are within the grasp of the human mind. God wanted us to recognize them by creating us after his own image so that we could share in his own thoughts... and if piety allow us to say so, our understanding is in this respect of the same kind as the divine, at least as far as we are able to grasp something of it in our mortal life (Johannes Kepler Quotes) When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity (Johannes Kepler Quotes) If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance... These comments are not worth printing. Yet it gives me pleasure to remember how many detours I had to make, along how many walls I had to grope in the darkness of my ignorance until I found the door which lets in the light of the truth... In such manner did I dream of the truth (Johannes Kepler Quotes) 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 (Johannes Kepler Quotes) Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens (Johannes Kepler Quotes) The roads by which men arrive at their insights into celestial matters seem to me almost as worthy of wonder as those matters in themselves (Johannes Kepler Quotes) We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens (Johannes Kepler Quotes) A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an obstinate mule, until compelled by beating and curses to put its foot into that dirty puddle (Johannes Kepler Quotes) If the earth were not round, heavy bodies would not tend from every side in a straight line towards the center of the earth, but to different points from different sides (Johannes Kepler Quotes) If the earth should cease to attract its waters to itself all the waters of the sea would be raised and would flow to the body of the moon (Johannes Kepler Quotes)

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