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.
GALILEO GALILEITo be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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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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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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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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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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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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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 greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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