I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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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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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The 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.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Names 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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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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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 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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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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