I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do you think of the foremost philosophers of this University? In spite of my oft-repeated efforts and invitations, they…

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

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...

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 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.

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

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

Part of the reason that men seem so much less loving than women is that...

Part of the reason that men seem so much less loving than women is that...