In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Future's the only flower worth tending in this earth, / where I sow my words...

Future's the only flower worth tending in this earth, / where I sow my words...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very...

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.