I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
GALILEO GALILEIThe Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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