You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
GALILEO GALILEI
You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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