The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
GALILEO GALILEII do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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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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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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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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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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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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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