Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
GALILEO GALILEIPassion is the genesis of genius.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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