The world is my country, science is my religion.

Quote by Christiaan Huygens

Topics: Astronomy Quotes

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me...

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when...

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when...

We live in a changing universe and few things are changing faster than our conception...

We live in a changing universe and few things are changing faster than our conception...

God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God...

God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God...

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another

In Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only...

In Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only...

We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster...

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the prospect...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the prospect...