Nicolaus Copernicus — "The order of the planets is this: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury."

"For the universe, wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator, is from the very start constructed with the very best and most beautiful design."

"For it is far better to grasp the mind of God as it is, than to impose our own limited understanding upon it."

"Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe."

"I am not ignorant that there are some who, having heard that in my treatises on the ordering of the spheres of the universe, I attribute certain motions to the terrestrial globe, will immediately shou…"

"Nor do I doubt that learned and skillful mathematicians will agree with me if they are willing to give not superficial but profound attention to the arguments I adduce in this work."