Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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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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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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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 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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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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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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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