To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
GALILEO GALILEISee now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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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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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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 laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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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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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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