There Are Those Who Reason Well, But

I Do Not Feel Obliged To Believe That The Same God Who Has Endowed Us With Senses, Reason, And Intellect Has Intended Us To Forego Their Use.

If You Could See The Earth Illuminated When You Were In A Place As Dark As Night, It Would Look To You More Splendid Than The Moon.

See Now The Power Of Truth.

Oh, My Dear Kepler, How I Wish That We Could Have One Hearty Laugh Together. Here, At Padua, Is The Principal Professor Of Philosophy, Whom I Have Repeatedly And Urgently Requested To Look At The Moon And Planets Through My Glass, [telescope] Which He Pertinaciously Refuses To Do. Why Are You Not Here? What Shouts Of Laughter We Should Have At This Glorious Folly! And To Hear The Professor Of Philosophy At Pisa Laboring Before The Grand Duke With Logical Arguments, As If With Magical Incantations, To Charm The New Planets Out Of The Sky.

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