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"The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction."
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"If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination."

"Look ahead, because life is before you, not behind you, or else you stumble!"

"Aimless life leads to depression."

"In order to answer the question "Where am I going?" you must possess decisiveness."

"The knowledge of "Where am I going?" sometimes depends on the faithfulness in little things."

"We must be focused on the goal that God has revealed to us."
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"The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens."

"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions."

"In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility."

"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."

"I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle."

"We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface."

"I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God."
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