You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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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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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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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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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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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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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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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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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