In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
GALILEO GALILEIThe Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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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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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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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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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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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 deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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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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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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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.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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