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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.

Galileo Galilei

To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Modest Statement Wise
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Believe Harm Prove Science Soul
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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Achievement Benefit Conception Dispute Philosophy Prove
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth
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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Assure Care Contrary Experiement Glance Power Show Truth
Nonetheless, it moves.
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One Liner Science
Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Language Mathemetics Nature One Liner
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Himself Ignorant Inspirational Learning
In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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God Language Mathematics Universe Writing
Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
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Amaze God Infinite Thankful
God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Doctrine God Nature Reveal Work
What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Earth Imagination Science Stupidity
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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Authority Humble Individual Reason Science Worth
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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Atheist Believe God Intellectual Obligation Reason Sense
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth

To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.

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