You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
GALILEO GALILEII’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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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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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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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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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If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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