The Creator, The Fountain Of

He Who Will Please The Crowd And For The Sake Of The Most Ephemeral Renown Will Either Proclaim Those Things Which Nature Does Not Display Or Even Will Publish Genuine Miracles Of Nature Without Regard To Deeper Causes Is A Spiritually Corrupt Person... With The Best Of Intentions I Publicly Speak To The Crowd (which Is Eager For Things New) On The Subject Of What Is To Come.

[quantity Is The Fundamental Feature Of Things,] The 'primarium Accidens Substantiae,' ...prior To The Other Categories.

I Much Prefer The Sharpest Criticism Of A Single Intelligent Man To The Thoughtless Approval Of The Masses.

If This [the Mysterium Cosmographicum] Is Published, Others Will Perhaps Make Discoveries I Might Have Reserved For Myself. But We Are All Ephemeral Creatures (and None More So Than I). I Have, Therefore, For The Glory Of God, Who Wants To Be Recognized From The Book Of Nature, That These Things May Be Published As Quickly As Possible. The More Others Build On My Work The Happier I Shall Be.

If The Earth Were Not Round, Heavy Bodies Would Not Tend From Every Side In A Straight Line Towards The Center Of The Earth, But To Different Points From Different Sides.