Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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 greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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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 deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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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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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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See now the power of truth.
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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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