Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
GALILEO GALILEINature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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I 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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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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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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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We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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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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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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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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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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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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See now the power of truth.
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