Nature . . . is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her… — 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
He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
In regard to the philosophers, if they be true philosophers, i.e., lovers of truth, they should not be irritated that the earth… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without,… — 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
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I would beg the wise and learned fathers (of the church) to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Take note, theologians, that in your desire to make matters of faith out of propositions relating to the fixity of sun and… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics...the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
When the moon is ninety degrees away from the sun it sees but half the earth illuminated (the western half). For the… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
One can understand nature only when one has learned the language and the signs in which it speaks to us; but this… — 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
