Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEIThe earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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See now the power of truth.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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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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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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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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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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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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