You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
GALILEO GALILEIYou may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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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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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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See now the power of truth.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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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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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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Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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