Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
GALILEO GALILEIPhilosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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See now the power of truth.
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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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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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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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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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