There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
GALILEO GALILEIIt is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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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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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 cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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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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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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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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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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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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