Quotes by Galileo Galilei

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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. — Galileo Galilei
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. — Galileo Galilei
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. — Galileo Galilei
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. — Galileo Galilei
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had — Galileo Galilei
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. — Galileo Galilei
Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot — Galileo Galilei
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured. — Galileo Galilei
(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts. — Galileo Galilei
I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and d — Galileo Galilei
The sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it h — Galileo Galilei
If the Earth were not subject to any change I would consider the Earth a big but useless body in universe, paralyzed...s — Galileo Galilei
And, believe me, if I were again beginning my studies, I should follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. — Galileo Galilei
I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is — Galileo Galilei
We cannot teach people anything we can only help them discover it within themselves. — Galileo Galilei
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all r — Galileo Galilei
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understand — Galileo Galilei
He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper — Galileo Galilei
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bou — Galileo Galilei
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. — Galileo Galilei