I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
GALILEO GALILEIGod is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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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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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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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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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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