Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
GALILEO GALILEIYou cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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See now the power of truth.
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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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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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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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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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