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.
GALILEO GALILEII think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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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 Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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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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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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