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

Quote by Galileo Galilei

Topics: Discovery Quotes, Truth Quotes, Understanding Quotes

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

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

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

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...

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

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.

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...

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning...

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning...

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.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

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...

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...

Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Spots are on the surface of the solar body where they are produced and also...

Spots are on the surface of the solar body where they are produced and also...

The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still...

The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still...

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.

The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in...

The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in...

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning...

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning...

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...

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...

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.