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Galileo Quotes: "Nature is written in mathematical language."

Nature is written in mathematical language.



Galileo Quotes: "Nature's great book is written in mathematics."

Nature's great book is written in mathematics.




Galileo Quotes: "I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: The intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how the heavens go."

I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: The intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how the heavens go.



Galileo Quotes: "They who depend upon manifest observations will philosophize better than those who persist in opinions repugnant to the senses."

They who depend upon manifest observations will philosophize better than those who persist in opinions repugnant to the senses.




Galileo Quotes: "E pur si muove. "Albeit It does move". (That's what Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.)"

E pur si muove. "Albeit It does move". (That's what Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.)



Galileo Quotes: "I, Galileo, son of the late Vicenzo Galilei, swear that I never said that the prime numbers are useless. What I said was that you cannot count lunar craters by counting 2, 3, 5, 7."

I, Galileo, son of the late Vicenzo Galilei, swear that I never said that the prime numbers are useless. What I said was that you cannot count lunar craters by counting 2, 3, 5, 7.



Galileo Quotes: "I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel."

I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.




Galileo Quotes: "To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand."

To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand.



Galileo Quotes: "I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and every error and sect contrary to the Holy Catholic Church."

I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and every error and sect contrary to the Holy Catholic Church.



Galileo Quotes: "I would beg the wise and learned fathers [of the church] to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion and matters of demonstration."

I would beg the wise and learned fathers [of the church] to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion and matters of demonstration.



Galileo Quotes: "The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night."

The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.



Galileo Quotes: "We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers."

We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.




Galileo Quotes: "Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go."

Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.



Galileo Quotes: "Some, merely to contradict what I had said, did not scruple to cast doubt upon things they had seen with their own eyes again and again."

Some, merely to contradict what I had said, did not scruple to cast doubt upon things they had seen with their own eyes again and again.



Galileo Quotes: "[Copernicus] did not ignore the Bible, but he knew very well that if his doctrine were proved, then it could not contradict the Scriptures when they were rightly understood."

[Copernicus] did not ignore the Bible, but he knew very well that if his doctrine were proved, then it could not contradict the Scriptures when they were rightly understood.



Galileo Quotes: "What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field."

What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field.



Galileo Quotes: "Well, since paradoxes are at hand, let us see how it might be demonstrated that in a finite continuous extension it is not impossible for infinitely many voids to be found."

Well, since paradoxes are at hand, let us see how it might be demonstrated that in a finite continuous extension it is not impossible for infinitely many voids to be found.



Galileo Quotes: "For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly."

For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly.



Galileo Quotes: "One can understand nature only when one has learned the language and the signs in which it speaks to us; but this language is mathematics and these signs are methematical figures."

One can understand nature only when one has learned the language and the signs in which it speaks to us; but this language is mathematics and these signs are methematical figures.



Galileo Quotes: "Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards."

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.



Galileo Quotes: "Nothing can be taught to a man, only it's possibly to help him to discover it inside."

Nothing can be taught to a man, only it's possibly to help him to discover it inside.



Galileo Quotes: "They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment and growth of the arts; not their dimination or destruction."

They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment and growth of the arts; not their dimination or destruction.



Galileo Quotes: "It was granted to me alone to discover all the new phenomena in the sky and nothing to anybody else. This is the truth which neither envy nor malice can supress."

It was granted to me alone to discover all the new phenomena in the sky and nothing to anybody else. This is the truth which neither envy nor malice can supress.



Galileo Quotes: "The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away."

The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.



Galileo Quotes: "If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics."

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.



Galileo Quotes: "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them."

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them.



Galileo Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts."

(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.



Galileo Quotes: "He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze."

He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.



Galileo Quotes: "A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air.



Galileo Quotes: "We cannot teach people anything we can only help them discover it within themselves."

We cannot teach people anything we can only help them discover it within themselves.



Galileo Quotes: "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations."

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.



Galileo Quotes: "The sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do."

The sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do.



Galileo Quotes: "Minds with fixed ideas are like granite: They can never be penetrated with soft words and gentle persuasions."

Minds with fixed ideas are like granite: They can never be penetrated with soft words and gentle persuasions.



Galileo Quotes: "And, believe me, if I were again beginning my studies, I should follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics."

And, believe me, if I were again beginning my studies, I should follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.



Galileo Quotes: "But it does move."

But it does move.



Galileo Quotes: "Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes"

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes



Galileo Quotes: "Such a lot is won when even a single man gets to his feet and says No"

Such a lot is won when even a single man gets to his feet and says No



Galileo Quotes: "You cannot teach a man anything you can only help him to find it within himself."

You cannot teach a man anything you can only help him to find it within himself.