See now the power of truth.
GALILEO GALILEIIn questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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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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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
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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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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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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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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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