God gives every animal the means of saving its life-why object if he gives astrology to the astronomer? Johannes Kepler More Quotes by Johannes Kepler More Quotes From Johannes Kepler Since geometry is co-eternal with the divine mind before the birth of things, God himself served as his own model in creating the world (for what is there in God which is not God?), and he with his own image reached down to humanity. Johannes Kepler creating humanity mind Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife. Johannes Kepler daughter mother time Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel. Johannes Kepler jewels math mean The Creator, the fountain of all wisdom, the approver of perpetual order, the eternal and superessential spring of geometry and harmonics. Johannes Kepler fountain spring order ...Those laws are within the grasp of the human mind. God wanted us to recognize them by creating us after his own image so that we could share in his own thoughts... and if piety allow us to say so, our understanding is in this respect of the same kind as the divine, at least as far as we are able to grasp something of it in our mortal life. Johannes Kepler creating understanding law We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. Johannes Kepler song bird heaven The roads by which men arrive at their insights into celestial matters seem to me almost as worthy of wonder as those matters in themselves. Johannes Kepler matter wonder men If God himself has waited six thousand years for someone to contemplate his works, my book can wait for a hundred. Johannes Kepler waiting book years The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. Johannes Kepler diversity heaven order I am stealing the golden vessels of the Egyptians to build a tabernacle to my God from them, far far away from the boundaries of Egypt. If you forgive me, I shall rejoice; if you are enraged with me, I shall bear it. See, I cast the die, and I write the book. Whether it is to be read by the people of the present or of the future makes no difference: let it await its reader for a hundred years, if God himself has stood ready for six thousand years for one to study him. Johannes Kepler god writing book I am a Lutheran astrologer, I throw away the nonsense and keep the hard kernel. Johannes Kepler kernel nonsense astrology 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. Johannes Kepler fate home men As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the moon and Jupiter... Given ships or sails adapted to the breezes of heaven, there will be those who will not shrink from even that vast expanse. Johannes Kepler moon men art I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure, Sky-bound was the mind, earth-bound the body rests. [Kepler's epitaph] Johannes Kepler shadow mind sky When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships. Johannes Kepler void stars men Thus God himself was too kind to remain idle and began to play the game of signatures signing his likeness unto the world: therefore I chance to think that all nature and the graceful sky are symbolized in the art of Geometria. Johannes Kepler sky art thinking Do we ask what profit the little bird hopes for in singing? Johannes Kepler singing littles bird Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary vastness of space. Johannes Kepler future space air The heavenly motions... are nothing but a continuous song for several voices, perceived not by the ear but by the intellect, a figured music which sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time. Johannes Kepler voice ears song Nature uses as little as possible of anything. Johannes Kepler simplicity nature science
