“In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most glorious temple, than whence he can at one and the same time brighten the whole”

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for its eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

I often considered whether there could perhaps be found a more reasonable arrangement of circles.

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.

Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge.

He who is not getting better is getting worse.

But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.

Sometimes we need to get over ourselves and actually realize that sometimes, God has a better plan. God’s ways are higher than ours.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.

If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.