Nature is written in mathematical language.
GALILEO GALILEIFacts 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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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