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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.

Galileo Galilei

Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Contradict One Liner Truth
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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Believe Holy Intention Men Necessary Salve Science Spirit Truth
Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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Door Key Mathematics Science
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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Demonstrate Discussion Experiment Natural Problem Science Scripture Thinking
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Help Himself Man Teaching Wisdom
You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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Inside Inspirational Realize Teaching
The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Greatness One Liner Self Love Wisdom
Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Book Gaze Open Philosophy Stand Writing
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
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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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Discover Help People Teaching
I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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Interest Philosophy Reason Science
We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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Descent Earth Motion Science
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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Bunch Dependent Grapes Planet Revolve Sun Universe
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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Accomodation Attribute Essence Name Science

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