Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEIYou cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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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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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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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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