Nicolaus Copernicus — "The Sun, the Moon, and the Earth, are all parts of one great system."

"For I have found that the motions of the planets are more regular and orderly if the Earth is assumed to move."

"The Universe has been wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator."

"Perhaps there will be babblers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless dare to pass judgment on these things and, on the strength of some passage in Scripture, twisted to their …"

"When, therefore, I had long considered the uncertainty of the traditional mathematical doctrines concerning the order of the spheres of the universe, I began to be annoyed that no more accurate explan…"

"It is the duty of a good astronomer to seek for truth in all things, and to follow it wherever it may lead."