It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

Quote by Galileo Galilei

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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...

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...

Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

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.

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...

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...

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

To retire is to begin to die

To retire is to begin to die

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

That awkward moment when someone asks you what's wrong and they're the problem.

That awkward moment when someone asks you what's wrong and they're the problem.