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

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still...

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still...

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may...

They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may...

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself

Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons...

Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons...

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and...

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and...

It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is...

It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is...

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created...

And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.

Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

The scale, properly speaking, does not permit the measure of the intelligence, because intellectual qualities...

The scale, properly speaking, does not permit the measure of the intelligence, because intellectual qualities...

Being unable to reason is not a positive character trait outside religion

Being unable to reason is not a positive character trait outside religion

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...