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 GALILEINames and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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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.
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If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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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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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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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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