Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish...

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish...

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.