Two truths cannot contradict one another.
GALILEO GALILEIMeasure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
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That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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