Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
GALILEO GALILEITo be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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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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