Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician.
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.
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.
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. Galileo Galilei
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo Galilei
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. Galileo Galilei
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
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.
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.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
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.
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.