You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
GALILEO GALILEII 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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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See now the power of truth.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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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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Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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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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