Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes

Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes

Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

Every observed change of place is caused by a motion of either the observed object or the observer or, of course, by an unequal displacement of each.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

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

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts, as they say, 'with both eyes open'.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
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~ Nicolaus Copernicus

I CAN easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.

~ Nicolaus Copernicus