We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul..

Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the adjacent possible. We didnt stay in the caves. We didnt stay on the planet, and soon we wont stay….

Counting stars by candlelight all are dim but one is bright; the spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best, from the northwest corner of a ….

The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine and Meyer (used in t….

But once in a while the odd thing happens Once in a while the dream comes true And the whole pattern of life is altered Once in a while, the mo….

There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup..

As the farmer casts into the ground the finest ears of his grain, the time will come when we too shall hold nothing back, but shall eagerly convert m….

Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and christianise C….

For my part, I feel that with regard to Nature I live a sort of border life, on the confines of a world, into which I make occasional and transient f….

I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejo….

There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky, but they were content to thin….

Are you kidding?" She looked at me as if I'd just dropped from the moon. Her cheeks were bright red. "What's the problem now?" I demanded. "Me, go wi….

Once upon a Lammas Night When corn rigs are bonny, Beneath the Moon's unclouded light, I held awhile to Annie... The time went by with careless ….

How can the mind be so imperfect?" she says with a smile. I look at my hands. Bathed in the moonlight, they seem like statues, proportioned to no pur….

In the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon..

Overhead, the two moons worked together to bathe the world in a strange light..

Ten years, she's dead, and I still find myself some mornings reaching for the phone to call her. She could no more be gone than gravity or the moon..

I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I've popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. Whe….

Journey to the end of day, Come the fire-fly, Come the moon; Say a prayer for God's good grace And sleep with lore upon your face..

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon..

Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese..