Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
GALILEO GALILEIYou cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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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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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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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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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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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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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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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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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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