The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the univ

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'