Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages. Galileo Galilei More Quotes by Galileo Galilei More Quotes From Galileo Galilei All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei truthinspirationalscience The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics. Galileo Galilei languagelawhands You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them. Galileo Galilei inspirational-lifeanswershappiness To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics. Galileo Galilei mathematicswrittenlanguage I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo Galilei learningattitudeinspirational In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man. Galileo Galilei sparkstinymen I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use. Galileo Galilei atheistspiritualbelieve Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom. Galileo Galilei greatest-wisdomthyselfknowing The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. Galileo Galilei summerinspirationalfunny Nonetheless, it moves. Galileo Galilei moving To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'. Galileo Galilei modestreadywise Measure what can be measured, and make measureable what cannot be measured. Galileo Galilei physics In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun. Galileo Galilei circlesphilosophymoving Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. Galileo Galilei learningdiscoveryscience Two truths cannot contradict one another. Galileo Galilei truthtwo The prohibition of science would be contrary to the Bible, which in hundreds of places teaches us how the greatness and the glory of God shine forth marvelously in all His works, and is to be read above all in the open book of the heavens. Galileo Galilei greatnessshiningbook There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly. Galileo Galilei wellsreason The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. Galileo Galilei heavenscienceway The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is composed. It is written in the language of mathematics. Galileo Galilei educationcharacterbook And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the whim of others? When people devoid of whatsoever competence are made judges over experts and are granted authority to treat them as they please? These are the novelties which are apt to bring about the ruin of commonwealths and the subversion of the state. Galileo Galilei judgingmathpeople
