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.
GALILEO GALILEII give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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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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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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