I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
GALILEO GALILEIThe 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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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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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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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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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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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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