Galileo Quotes

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.

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

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

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

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

I have been told that my curiosity and thirst for knowledge are insatiable. I believe that is the key to my success.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one humble reasoning.

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

Reason tells me that I should trust the information gathered by my own senses and observations.

It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.

I have been told that my curiosity and thirst for knowledge are insatiable. I believe that is the key to my success.

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

Galileo Quotes part 2

To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is to enjoin an impossibility.

The laws of physics can explain the mechanics of the universe, but they cannot explain what starts and maintains its existence.

It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.

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

I have been absolutely ruthless in my pursuit of truth, even if it meant going against popular opinion.

I am more inclined to trust my own observations and reason than to blindly follow established beliefs.

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.

The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

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

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

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

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

The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

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

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

I have been told that my curiosity and thirst for knowledge are insatiable. I believe that is the key to my success.

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

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

I have been absolutely ruthless in my pursuit of truth, even if it meant going against popular opinion.

I am more inclined to trust my own observations and reason than to blindly follow established beliefs.

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.

The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

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

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

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.