In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
GALILEO GALILEILong experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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See now the power of truth.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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