The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.  
[They are like] Wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness is reserved forever. * *
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the Earth upon nothing. * *
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the seasons. *
"The [alternative] was that the Earth was standing still, which ... was unthinkable." - Einstein