Quote by Niccolò Copernicus
"In contemplating our mortality, we find the incentive for immortal works."
More from Niccolò Copernicus
"Astronomy is not impious. To know the works of nature is to know the wisdom of God."
"I am not so enamored with my own opinions that I disregard what others have thought."
"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."
"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."