Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
GALILEO GALILEIThere are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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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 greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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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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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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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