The Roads By Which Men

I Had The Intention Of Becoming A Theologian...but Now I See How God Is, By My Endeavors, Also Glorified In Astronomy, For 'the Heavens Declare The Glory Of God.'

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.

It Is A Right, Yes A Duty, To Search In Cautious Manner For The Numbers, Sizes, And Weights, The Norms For Everything [god] Has Created. For He Himself Has Let Man Take Part In The Knowledge Of These Things ... For These Secrets Are Not Of The Kind Whose Research Should Be Forbidden; Rather They Are Set Before Our Eyes Like A Mirror So That By Examining Them We Observe To Some Extent The Goodness And Wisdom Of The Creator.

The Radius Vector Describes Equal Areas In Equal Times.

I Measured The Skies, Now The Shadows I Measure, Sky-bound Was The Mind, Earth-bound The Body Rests. [kepler's Epitaph]