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.
GALILEO GALILEIWho would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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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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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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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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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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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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