Why are things as they are and not otherwise? Johannes Kepler More Quotes by Johannes Kepler More Quotes From Johannes Kepler Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him. Johannes Kepler thinking-godprocessthinking The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God and which He revealed to us in the language of mathematics. Johannes Kepler mathorderworld I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. Johannes Kepler appreciateintelligentmen The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises; sun, moon, and planets, glorify Him in your ineffable language! Praise Him, celestial harmonies, and all ye who can comprehend them! And thou, my soul, praise thy Creator! It is by Him and in Him that all exist. Johannes Kepler moonsoulheaven Where there is matter, there is geometry. Johannes Kepler mattermathscience I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.' Johannes Kepler astronomybecomingheaven Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God. Johannes Kepler thoughtfulmindbook My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside myself. Johannes Kepler goddesireworld O telescope, instrument of much knowledge, more precious than any sceptre! Johannes Kepler telescopesscienceknowledge It is a right, yes a duty, to search in cautious manner for the numbers, sizes, and weights, the norms for everything [God] has created. For He himself has let man take part in the knowledge of these things ... For these secrets are not of the kind whose research should be forbidden; rather they are set before our eyes like a mirror so that by examining them we observe to some extent the goodness and wisdom of the Creator. Johannes Kepler eyescienceknowledge Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world. Johannes Kepler geometrymathematicsworld The heavenly bodies are nothing but a continuous song for several voices (perceived by the intellect, not by the ear); a music which... sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time. It is therefore, no longer surprising that man, in imitation of his creator, has at last discovered the art of figured song, which was unknown to the ancients. Man wanted to reproduce the continuity of cosmic time... to obtain a sample test of the delight of the Divine Creator in His works, and to partake of his joy by making music in the imitation of God. Johannes Kepler songmenart Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity. Johannes Kepler eyesoundmind Great is God our Lord, great is His power and there is no end to His wisdom. Praise Him you heavens, glorify Him, sun and moon and you planets. For out of Him and through Him, and in Him are all things..... We know, oh, so little. To Him be the praise, the honor and the glory from eternity to eternity. Johannes Kepler moonhonorheaven Nature loves simplicity and unity. Johannes Kepler unitysimplicityconsciousness Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question. Johannes Kepler explanationmiracleatheist I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace. Johannes Kepler believejesuschrist There will certainly be no lack of human pioneers when we have mastered the art of flight....Let us create vessels and sails justed to the heavenly ether, and there will be plenty of people unafraid of the empty wastes. In the meantime we shall prepare, for the brave sky-travelers, maps of the celestial bodies. Johannes Kepler skyscienceart The cause of the six-sided shape of a snowflake is none other than that of the ordered shapes of plants and of numerical constants; and since in them nothing occurs without supreme reason-not, to be sure, such as discursive reasoning discovers, but such as existed from the first in the Creators's design and is preserved from that origin to this day in the wonderful nature of animal faculties, I do not believe that even in a snowflake this ordered pattern exists at random. Johannes Kepler designanimalbelieve 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 creatinghumanitymind
