In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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See now the power of truth.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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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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Philosophy 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.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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