Geometry Is The Archetype Of

Geometry, Which Before The Origin Of Things Was Coeternal With The Divine Mind And Is God Himself (for What Could There Be In God Which Would Not Be God Himself?), Supplied God With Patterns For The Creation Of The World, And Passed Over To Man Along With The Image Of God; And Was Not In Fact Taken In Through The Eyes.

The Chief Aim Of All Investigations Of The External World Should Be To Discover The Rational Order And Harmony Which Has Been Imposed On It By God And Which He Revealed To Us In The Language Of Mathematics.

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.

Nature Uses As Little As Possible Of Anything.

The Radius Vector Describes Equal Areas In Equal Times.