There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
GALILEO GALILEIMathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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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.
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