“Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain the motions of the sun, moon, and stars. It has mapped the heavens, leaving no place for gods to live.” WarBeliefHeavenStarsReligiousSunMoonLeavingMythMaterialismMechanicCrushedReligious BeliefWagonsMoon And StarsSun MoonSun Moon And Stars Author:Walker Evans
“While my hand is on the stick, my feet on the rudder, and my eyes on the compass, this consciousness, like a winged messenger, goes out to visit the waves below, testing the warmth of water, the speed of wind, the thickness of intervening clouds. It goes north to the glacial coasts of Greenland, over the horizon to the edge of dawn, ahead to Ireland, England, and the continent of Europe, away through space to the moon and stars, always returning, unwillingly, to the mortal duty of seeing that the limbs and muscles have attended their routine while it was gone.” HandsEyeStarsWaterSpaceConsciousnessGoneSeeingFeetWindDutyMoonEuropeEnglandSticksCloudsWaveEdgesSpeedMortalsDawnMusclesHorizonRoutineWarmthIrelandContinentsCoastTestingLimbsCompassMessengersInterveningRuddersMoon And StarsThicknessGreenland Author:Charles Lindbergh
“Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.” ThinkingLightStarsSunMoonAbundanceMarvelousLovelinessMoon And Stars Author:Saint Augustine
“The birds that wake the morning, and those that love the shade; The winds that sweep the mountain or lull the drowsy glade; The Sun that from his amber bower rejoiceth on his way, The Moon and Stars, their Master's name in silent pomp display.” WayNamesStarsNatureMorningSunWindMastersMoonMountainBirdSilentShadeDisplayAmberLullsDrowsyMoon And Stars Book:The poetical works of Reginald Heber Source: The poetical works of Reginald Heber
“Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It's a strange world, why make it stranger?” IfsMenWorldStarsStrangeAdventureMoonStrangerWeatherWetRoofExplorersMoon And StarsStrange World Book:The Fixer Source: The Fixer