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

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the...

I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the...

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...

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can...

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can...

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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 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...

If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we...

If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we...

Atheism is a requirement for a complete human being. Religion is a crutch that is...

Atheism is a requirement for a complete human being. Religion is a crutch that is...

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled....

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled....

We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science...

We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science...

A believer is not a thinker and a thinker is not a believer.

A believer is not a thinker and a thinker is not a believer.