In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which,… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Nature . . . is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Nothing can be taught to a man, only it's possibly to help him to discover it inside. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly...… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I am inclined to think that the authority of Holy Scripture is intended to convince men of those truths which are necessary… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
It reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypotheses.… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Alas! Your dear friend and servant Galileo has been for the last month hopelessly blind; so that this heaven, this earth, this… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
But of all other stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind must have been his who conceived how to communicate his most secret… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
If experiments are performed thousands of times at all seasons and in every place without once producing the effects mentioned by your philosophers, poets,… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.” — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which, either because… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Nature . . . is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her abstruse reasons… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which equally reposed… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see for myself… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
