Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. – Galileo Galilei
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. – Galileo Galilei
Passion is the genesis of genius. – Galileo Galilei
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. – Galileo Galilei
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. – Galileo Galilei
Wine is sunlight, held together by water. – Galileo Galilei
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. – Galileo Galilei
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him. – Galileo Galilei
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured. – Galileo Galilei
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgement upon anything new. – Galileo Galilei
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. – Galileo Galilei
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not. – Galileo Galilei
I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations. – Galileo Galilei
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. – Galileo Galilei
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. – Galileo Galilei
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