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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.

Galileo Galilei

The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Art Establishment Growth Increase Investigation Truth
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Accomodation Attribute Essence Name Science
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth
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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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Dare Science
The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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God Language Law Mathematics Nature Writing
See now the power of truth.
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Justice One Liner Power Science Truth
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Believe Harm Prove Science Soul
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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Authority Humble Individual Reason Science Worth
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.
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Book Eyes Language Philosophy Understand Universe Writing
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Fear Love Night Stars
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Discover Help People Teaching
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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Atheist Believe God Intellectual Obligation Reason Sense
God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Doctrine God Nature Reveal Work
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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Excellence Future Mind Road Science

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