Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
GALILEO GALILEIIn questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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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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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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