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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.

Galileo Galilei

Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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God Language Mathematics Universe Writing
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Discover Easy Point Truth Understand
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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Bad Intelligence Reason
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Fear Love Night Stars
What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Earth Imagination Science Stupidity
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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Demonstrate Discussion Experiment Natural Problem Science Scripture Thinking
The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Science Stars Togetherness Universe
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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Acting Human Mind Nature Remember
Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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Heaven Holy Intend Teaching
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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Accomodation Attribute Essence Name Science
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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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Modest Statement Wise
The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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Divine Indeed Infinite Intellectual
You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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Force Move Science
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
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Atheist Believe God Intellectual Obligation Reason Sense
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Help Himself Man Teaching Wisdom

Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.

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