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.
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.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Nature is written in mathematical language. Galileo Galilei
Nature is written in mathematical language.
The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics. Galileo Galilei
The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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.
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.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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.
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. Galileo Galilei
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.