Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEIIn time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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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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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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