Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEIKnowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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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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