I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
GALILEO GALILEIWe must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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