To Be Humane, We Must

Philosophy [nature] Is Written In That Great Book Which Ever Is Before Our Eyes -- I Mean The Universe -- But We Cannot Understand It If We Do Not First Learn The Language And Grasp The Symbols In Which It Is Written. The Book Is Written In Mathematical Language, And The Symbols Are Triangles, Circles And Other Geometrical Figures, Without Whose Help It Is Impossible To Comprehend A Single Word Of It; Without Which One Wanders In Vain Through A Dark Labyrinth.

[copernicus] Did Not Ignore The Bible, But He Knew Very Well That If His Doctrine Were Proved, Then It Could Not Contradict The Scriptures When They Were Rightly Understood.

The Earth, In Fair And Grateful Exchange, Pays Back To The Moon An Illumination Similar To That Which It Receives From Her Throughout Nearly All The Darkest Gloom Of The Night.

God Is Known By Nature In His Works, And By Doctrine In His Revealed Word.

I Have Never Met A Man So Ignorant That I Couldn't Learn Something From Him.