You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
GALILEO GALILEIThe laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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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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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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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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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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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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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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