Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
GALILEO GALILEIYou cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Nonetheless, 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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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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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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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See now the power of truth.
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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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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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