The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
GALILEO GALILEIWe see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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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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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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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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