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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

Galileo Galilei

God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Doctrine God Nature Reveal Work
We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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Descent Earth Motion Science
Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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Act Nature
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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Force Move Science
Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Genesis Genius One Liner Passion
What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Earth Imagination Science Stupidity
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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Action Change Hide Indifference Man Nature Reason Understand
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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Discover Humanity Progress Science
The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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Divine Indeed Infinite Intellectual
Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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Heaven Holy Intend Teaching
The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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Consideration Fools Reason Vanity
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Earth Move Round Science Sun
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Discover Help People Teaching
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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Demonstrate Discussion Experiment Natural Problem Science Scripture Thinking
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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Acting Human Mind Nature Remember

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

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