Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
GALILEO GALILEIMeasure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
GALILEO GALILEIThe Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
GALILEO GALILEIBy denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
GALILEO GALILEIIn the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
GALILEO GALILEIYou cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
GALILEO GALILEIIt is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
GALILEO GALILEIIf I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
GALILEO GALILEII think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
GALILEO GALILEIEarth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
GALILEO GALILEII am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
GALILEO GALILEIThe laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
GALILEO GALILEIPhilosophy 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.
GALILEO GALILEINature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
GALILEO GALILEINothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
GALILEO GALILEIIt is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
GALILEO GALILEIThe Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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