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.

Quote by Galileo Galilei

Topics: Belief Quotes, God Quotes, Intelligence Quotes, Reason Quotes, Senses Quotes

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

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

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

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

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

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 never did betray The heart that loved her

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

The progress of science is the discovery at each step of a new order which...

The progress of science is the discovery at each step of a new order which...