Galileo Galilei Quotes

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.

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.

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Two truths cannot contradict one another.

I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.

In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.

That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.

See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.