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 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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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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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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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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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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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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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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See now the power of truth.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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