70+ Galileo Galilei Quotes & Sayings

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
I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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God Infinite Marvelous Please Thanful
We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Mathematics Number Science
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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Advice Beginning Follow Mathematics Study
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Measure Science
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.
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Explanation Fact Hide Naked Science
Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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God Language Mathematics Universe Writing
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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Bad Intelligence Reason
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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Darkness Earth Illuminate Moon Night Place
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Experience Mankind Matter Regard Requirement Status Teaching
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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Action Change Hide Indifference Man Nature Reason Understand
Nonetheless, it moves.
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One Liner 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
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Deny Maintain Principle Science Truth
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
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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Darkness Earth exchange Gloom Illuminate Moon Night Receive
Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Account Ignorance Learning Proceed Science
In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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Excellence Future Mind Road Science
Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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Alcohol Sunlight Togetherness Water Wine

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