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.
GALILEO GALILEIIn 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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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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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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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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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 entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
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Philosophy 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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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