Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
GALILEO GALILEIBeing 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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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See now the power of truth.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
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