I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
GALILEO GALILEIIf 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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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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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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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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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