I Believe Only And Alone

Geometry Has Two Great Treasures; One Is The Theorem Of Pythagoras; The Other, The Division Of A Line Into Extreme And Mean Ratio. The First We May Compare To A Measure Of Gold; The Second We May Name A Precious Jewel.

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.

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.

There Will Certainly Be No Lack Of Human Pioneers When We Have Mastered The Art Of Flight....let Us Create Vessels And Sails Justed To The Heavenly Ether, And There Will Be Plenty Of People Unafraid Of The Empty Wastes. In The Meantime We Shall Prepare, For The Brave Sky-travelers, Maps Of The Celestial Bodies.

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.