There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
GALILEO GALILEII give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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See now the power of truth.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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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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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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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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