Planets Move In Ellipses With The Sun

So, Fabricius, I Already Have This: That The Most True Path Of The Planet [mars] Is An Ellipse, Which Dürer Also Calls An Oval, Or Certainly So Close To An Ellipse That The Difference Is Insensible.

A Mind Is Accustomed To Mathematical Deduction, When Confronted With The Faulty Foundations Of Astrology, Resists A Long, Long Time, Like An Obstinate Mule, Until Compelled By Beating And Curses To Put Its Foot Into That Dirty Puddle.

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.'

I Used To Measure The Heavens, Now I Measure The Shadows Of Earth. The Mind Belonged To Heaven, The Body's Shadow Lies Here.

When Things Are In Order, If The Cause Of The Orderliness Cannot Be Deduced From The Motion Of The Elements Or From The Composition Of Matter, It Is Quite Possibly A Cause Possessing A Mind.