An undevout astronomer is mad.

Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

God made the country and man made the town - and you certainly can see the difference.

Looked at in the wrong way, nature can be a substitute for God. This is because relative beauty can be jealous of absolute beauty.

The human genome will not help us to understand the spiritual side of humankind, or to know who God is or what love is. The well-heeled couple who decide they want to use genetics to have a child that is a gifted musician may end up with a sullen adolescent who smokes marijuana and doesn’t talk to them.

Because we love something else more than this world we love even this world better than those who know no other.

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness, and ravishment to the soul. In other words, that it made the soul like a field or garden of God, with all manner of pleasant flowers.

Beauty puts a face on God. When we gaze at nature, a loved one or a work of art, our soul immediately recognizes and is drawn to the face of God.