If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
GALILEO GALILEIYou may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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 surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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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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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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