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.
GALILEO GALILEIThe laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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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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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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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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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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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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