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.
GALILEO GALILEII am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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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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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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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 time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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