Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEISee now the power of truth.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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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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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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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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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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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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