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

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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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...

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...