I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
GALILEO GALILEIIn the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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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 entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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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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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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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