Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
GALILEO GALILEITo be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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We 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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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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 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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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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