Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture. – Jacob Bronowski
Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge. – John Milton
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. – Plato
These earthly godfathers of Heavens lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are. – William Shakespeare
I try to forget what happiness was, and when that dont work, I study the stars. – Derek Walcott
