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'.
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.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. Galileo Galilei
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
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.
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.
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved. Galileo Galilei
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. Galileo Galilei
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
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.
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.