Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician.
Two truths cannot contradict one another. Galileo Galilei
Two truths cannot contradict one another.
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'. Galileo Galilei
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. Galileo Galilei
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth. Galileo Galilei
Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. Galileo Galilei
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines. Galileo Galilei
Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
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
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.
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. Galileo Galilei
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly. Galileo Galilei
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. Galileo Galilei
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. Galileo Galilei
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
Nature is written in mathematical language. Galileo Galilei
Nature is written in mathematical language.
