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.
GALILEO GALILEIWho would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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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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In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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See now the power of truth.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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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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