Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams… — John Jewel Copy Share Image
But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the… — Arthur Leonard Schawlow Copy Share Image
This is the one and only firmament; therefore it is the absolute world. There is no other world. The circle is complete.… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If we cherish the virtues and the principles of our fathers, Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But now I… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
In the isolation of his clear, cold intellect, the sceptic abides in a glacial and spectral universe. No glow from the affections… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
And new philosophy calls all in doubt, The element of fire is quite put out; The sun is lost, and the earth,… — John Donne Copy Share Image
It is a mischievous notion that we are come late into nature; that the world was finished a long time ago. As… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places… — John Muir Copy Share Image
The sight of stars always sets me dreaming just as naively as those black dots on a map set me dreaming of… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Lord Bacon has compared those who move in higher spheres to those heavenly bodies in the firmament, which have much admiration, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Personal beauty is then first charming and itself, when it dissatisfies us with any end; when it becomes a story without an… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Perchance, coming generations will not abide the dissolution of the globe, but, availing themselves of future inventions in aerial locomotion, and the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
With a clear sky, a bright sun, and a gentle breeze, you will have friends in plenty; but let fortune frown, and… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
Neither this body am I, nor soul, Nor these fleeting images passing by, Nor concepts and thoughts, mental images, Nor yet sentiments… — Rumi Copy Share Image
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature’s… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
“215. As in the stellar firmament there are sometimes two suns which determine the path of one planet, and in certain cases… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We find it hard to picture to ourselves the state of mind of a man of older days who firmly believed that… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be… — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In the great wealth, the great firmament of your nation's generosities this particular choice may perhaps be found by future generations as… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
And really, the reason we think of death in celestial terms is that the visible firmament, especially at night (above our blacked-out… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
![“The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This is shown first of all by the name of 'orb' which is bestowed upon it by the general consent of mankind. ...Our eyesight also confirms this belief, because…” quote by Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7fc/pliny-the-elder-2838_appearance_the-ancients-had-little-doubt-about-the_1189606.jpg)
![“From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be generated beneath the Moon or above the Moon, but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself - one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age…” quote by Tycho Brahe](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dd7/tycho-brahe-26422_age_from-his-observations-he-concluded-that_2711024.jpg)
![“People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon…This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred scripture tells us [Joshua 10:13]that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not…” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/72a/martin-luther-106_astronomy_people-gave-ear-to-an-upstart-astrologer_2817705.jpg)
