It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.

Where there is matter, there is geometry.

Why are things as they are and not otherwise?

Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.

Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.

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.'

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.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

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.

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

I pray with my knees bow.

Faithfulness is my promise to love you forever

Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.

The annoying thing about being modest is that you can't brag about it.

The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite number of agencies of self help in the community. That has been the American way.

I couldn't be a White Sox fan because that was like being a Mets or a Yankees fan.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.

For me, photography must be visual, rather than intellectual and ideological.

I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent away when they can't jump off moving trains anymore?