Astronomy Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson Download Open image “Astronomy taught us our insignificance in Nature.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astronomy Insignificance Inspirational Nature Science Taught Taught us Teaching
“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and the most… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Astronomy is, not without reason, regarded, by mankind, as the sublimest of the natural sciences. Its objects so frequently visible, and therefore familiar, being… — Benjamin Silliman Copy Share Image
Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“I think astronomy is a bad study for you. It makes you feel human insignificance too plainly.” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
To science we owe dramatic changes in our smug self-image. Astronomy taught us that our Earth is not the center of the universe, but… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Each of the major sciences has contributed an essential ingredient in our long retreat from an initial belief in our own cosmic importance. Astronomy… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Wen daylight turns to a darkened hue, D lovely stars hinting at u, ur heart beat tells u something true, That some 1 badly… — Butterfly_Kisses Copy Share Image
Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
From the grasses in the field to the stars in the sky, each one is doing just that; and there is such profound peace… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to the stars we join in their quest for… — Ramon Ravenswood Copy Share Image
“If there are no stars on the sky, you must try to be happy with the shining streetlights!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Twinking tears in a sea of black. Soft light in a world of darkness. Tiny wishes in a place of dreams. Do you see… — Nicole Gentile Copy Share Image
Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars." ... quote has been credited to Les Brown.” — Sylviek Copy Share Image
