We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
GALILEO GALILEI
I 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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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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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 increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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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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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 laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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