#celestial

Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvellous and mysterious is turning out to be our own planet earth. There is nothing to match it anywhere, not yet anyway. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion. ↗

— Michael Shermer

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No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

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There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord, and others that receive it less interiorly; the former are called celestial angels, and the latter spiritual angels. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography. ↗

— George Phillips Bond

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There will be no slandering of celestial beings. I've warned you on countless occasions." "If said celestial beings weren't spreading celestial rumors, perhaps I wouldn't be moved to wrench celestial balls. ↗

— Addison Moore

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SUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm glow of sunset still stains the rim of the western sky. Sometimes, the moon is also visible, a pale white slice, while the sun tarries. Just think -- all the celestial lights are present at the same time! These are moments of wonder -- see them and remember. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

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Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class. ↗

— Annie Besant

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

— Nicolaus Copernicus

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