Art Quote by John Donne

Let me arrest thy thoughts, wonder with me, Why ploughing, building, ruling and the rest, Or most of those arts, whence our lives are…

— John Donne

“The greatness of thinking, is the freedom to think on great subjects like creation and redemption.”

— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA

SCIENCE! thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental Day, Free, generous, and refin'd! Descend with all thy treasures fraught, Illumine each…

— Mark Akenside

“Once upon a time man conceived the belief that this universe, with its many worlds swinging through space, was created for him. He fancied…

— Adeline Knapp

Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely,…

— Anthony of Padua

“It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist. That discovery is called the Fall…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If a reasoned creator set the stars in their place then we must be capable of understanding them - we must also be creatures…

— Sarah Perry

“There is, in sanest hours, a consciousness, a thought that rises, independent, lifted out from all else, calm, like the stars, shining eternal. This…

— Walt Whitman

“Our Stories Lost with the Stars “When we gaze upon the heavens, we are gazing upon creation, the very roots of our existence, the…

— William C. Judge

We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying…

— Carl Sagan

“Our world is peaks and valleys, with rules in great abundance. But in the minds of great thinkers there is power. Think openly and…

— E.J. Norris

“I will give you intelligence," submitted the Creator, "enough knowledge to destroy everything on earth, but you will have to use it." "Done!" said…

— Joseph Heller