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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

Galileo Galilei

The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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Acting Human Mind Nature Remember
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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Believe Holy Intention Men Necessary Salve Science Spirit Truth
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Fear Love Night Stars
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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Bunch Dependent Grapes Planet Revolve Sun Universe
The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
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Darkness Earth exchange Gloom Illuminate Moon Night Receive
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Modest Statement Wise
Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Genesis Genius One Liner Passion
Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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Door Key Mathematics Science
See 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.
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Assure Care Contrary Experiement Glance Power Show Truth
That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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Admire Painting Reason relief Sculpture
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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Aware Knowledge Teaching
You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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Inside Inspirational Realize Teaching
It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Beautiful Body Delight Moon Sight
The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Art Establishment Growth Increase Investigation Truth
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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Explanation Fact Hide Naked Science
The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Science Stars Togetherness Universe

Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

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