Quotes by : Johannes Kepler

The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the two foci.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.....

Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.

Sky-bound was the mind, Earth-bound the body rests

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich,....

We ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the universe. The diversity....

Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.

If there is anything that can bind the mind of man to this dreary exile of our earthly home and can reconcile....

…   not my own opinion, but my wife’s: Yesterday, when weary with writing, I was called to supper,....