It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
GALILEO GALILEIWhat greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Nonetheless, 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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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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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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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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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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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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