In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
GALILEO GALILEIWho would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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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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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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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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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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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