Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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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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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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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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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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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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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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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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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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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