Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
GALILEO GALILEITwo truths cannot contradict one another.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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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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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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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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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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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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