Celestial Phenomena

Famous quotes containing the words celestial phenomena, celestial and/or phenomena:

    “We have reason to be grateful for celestial phenomena, for they chiefly answer to the ideal in man.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Happy those early days! when I
    Shined in my angel-infancy.
    Before I understood this place
    Appointed for my second race,
    Or taught my soul to fancy aught
    But a white, celestial thought;”
    —Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)

    “War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)