Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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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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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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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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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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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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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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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