"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."

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Johannes Kepler

#God Quotes #Nature Quotes #Book Quotes

“What, after all, is the purpose of a womanâ€™s life? The purpose of a womanâ€™s life is just the same as the purpose of a manâ€™s life: that she may make the best possible contribution to the generation in which she is living.”
“I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.”
“As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it.”
“Much is now being said about evangelism; but before we get effective evangelism, we have to get effective evangelists. Evangelism is useless unless it is the work of one devoted to God, willing and glad to suffer all things for God, penetrated by the attractiveness of God. New machinery, adaptations and adjustments, are not the first need... but more devoted, adoring, sacrificial souls.”
“Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos.”

Source : Thomas A. Bailey (1969). “Essays Diplomatic and Undiplomatic of Thomas A. Bailey”, p.15, Ardent Media
“The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life, in general, so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it-this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience, and they occur in country and in town, and in the most differing stages of education.”

Source : Henry James (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry James (Illustrated)”, p.12972, Delphi Classics
“You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.”
“I've always been making original music. I think that when I sat down with Losing Focus, I approached it different. I had a clearer understanding of who I was talking to, because I was able to go out and tour and see them right in front of me. I wanted to speak to them and speak about this lifestyle.”

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