Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEI
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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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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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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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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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 Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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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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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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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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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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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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