Appropriate Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus

The heaven is spherical in shape, and moves as a sphere; the earth too is sensibly spherical in shape, when taken as a whole;…

— Ptolemy

The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

The heavenly motions... are nothing but a continuous song for several voices, perceived not by the ear but by the intellect, a figured music…

— Johannes Kepler

I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

If the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since nothing violent…

— Thomas Aquinas

In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the…

— Galileo Galilei

Hence I feel no shame in asserting that this whole region engirdled by the moon, and the center of the earth, traverse this grand…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of…

— George Phillips Bond

My aim is to say that the machinery of the heavens is not like a divine animal but like a clock (and anyone who…

— Johannes Kepler

The shape of the heaven is of necessity spherical; for that is the shape most appropriate to its substance and also by nature primary.

— Aristotle

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the…

— Tycho Brahe

Heaven has a north and a south and an east and a west. Consequently, it must be a planet.

— Kenneth Copeland