It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
GALILEO GALILEIYou cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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 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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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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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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.
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That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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