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
I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
They who depend upon manifest observations will philosophize better than those who persist in opinions repugnant to the senses. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“ Sì perché l'autorità dell'opinione di mille nelle scienze non val per una scintilla di ragione di un solo, sì perché le… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about… — 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
