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Galileo Galilei Quotes

Measure what can be measured, and make measureable what cannot be measured Picture Quote #1

Wine is sunlight, held together by water Picture Quote #1

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox Picture Quote #1

Two truths cannot contradict one another Picture Quote #1

Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so Picture Quote #1

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves Picture Quote #1

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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences Picture Quote #1

We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers Picture Quote #1

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in Picture Quote #1

I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night Picture Quote #1

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man Picture Quote #1

What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It’s the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field Picture Quote #1

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With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them Picture Quote #1

Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined Picture Quote #1

The difficulties in the study of the infinite arise because we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this... is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another Picture Quote #1

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon Picture Quote #1

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards Picture Quote #1

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new Picture Quote #1

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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not Picture Quote #1

It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual Picture Quote #1

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty Picture Quote #1

And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the will of others? Picture Quote #1

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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything. For anyone who had ever experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands nothing Picture Quote #1

Nature... is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her abstruse reasons and methods of operations are understandable to men Picture Quote #1

See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary Picture Quote #1

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines Picture Quote #1

The number of fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It is therefore decidedly a great feat to add to their number, and to set distinctly before the eyes other stars in myriads, which have never been seen before, and which surpass the old, previously known stars in number more than ten times Picture Quote #1

That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false... Rather, how much more admirable the painting must be considered, if having no relief at all, it appears to have as much as sculpture! Picture Quote #1

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Measure what can be measured, and make measureable what cannot be measured (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Wine is sunlight, held together by water (Galileo Galilei Quotes) By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Two truths cannot contradict one another (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so (Galileo Galilei Quotes) We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences (Galileo Galilei Quotes) We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Where the senses fail us, reason must step in (Galileo Galilei Quotes) I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night (Galileo Galilei Quotes) In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man (Galileo Galilei Quotes) What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It’s the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field (Galileo Galilei Quotes) With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined (Galileo Galilei Quotes) The difficulties in the study of the infinite arise because we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this... is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another (Galileo Galilei Quotes) If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not (Galileo Galilei Quotes) It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved (Galileo Galilei Quotes) 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 Galilei Quotes) In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty (Galileo Galilei Quotes) And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the will of others? (Galileo Galilei Quotes) The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything. For anyone who had ever experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands nothing (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Nature... is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her abstruse reasons and methods of operations are understandable to men (Galileo Galilei Quotes) See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines (Galileo Galilei Quotes) The number of fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It is therefore decidedly a great feat to add to their number, and to set distinctly before the eyes other stars in myriads, which have never been seen before, and which surpass the old, previously known stars in number more than ten times (Galileo Galilei Quotes) That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false... Rather, how much more admirable the painting must be considered, if having no relief at all, it appears to have as much as sculpture! (Galileo Galilei Quotes)

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