I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
GALILEO GALILEIIf I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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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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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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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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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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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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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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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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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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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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