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 GALILEIWhat greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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See now the power of truth.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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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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