Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
GALILEO GALILEII have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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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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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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