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.
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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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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See now the power of truth.
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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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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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