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Galileo Galilei Quotes

It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand Picture Quote #1

Showing a greater fondness for their own opinions than for truth, they sought to deny and disprove the new things which, if they had cared to look for themselves, their own senses would have demonstrated to them Picture Quote #1

It reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypotheses. To refute the latter I collected many proofs, but I do not publish them... I would dare to publish my speculations if there were people men like you Picture Quote #1

You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them Picture Quote #1

Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account Picture Quote #1

There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly Picture Quote #1

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I truly believe the book of philosophy to be that which stands perpetually open before our eyes, though since it is written in characters different from those of our alphabet it cannot be read by everyone Picture Quote #1

Well, since paradoxes are at hand, let us see how it might be demonstrated that in a finite continuous extension it is not impossible for infinitely many voids to be found Picture Quote #1

Surely it is a great thing to increase the numerous host of fixed stars previously visible to the unaided vision, adding countless more which have never before been seen, exposing these plainly to the eye in numbers ten times exceeding the old and familiar stars Picture Quote #1

The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error of faith Picture Quote #1

Their vain presumption of knowing all can take beginning solely from their never having known anything; for if one has but once experienced the perfect knowledge of one thing, and truly tasted what it is to know, he shall perceive that of infinite other conclusions he understands not so much as one Picture Quote #1

Vision, I say, is related to light itself. But of this sensation and the things pertaining to it, I pretend to understand but little; and since even a long time would not suffice to explain that trifle, or even to hint at an explanation, I pass over this in silence Picture Quote #1

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To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand Picture Quote #1

In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you and them can one day become so great that your joyous cry over some new gain could be answered by an universal shriek of horror Picture Quote #1

But, because my private lectures and domestic pupils are a great hinderance and intteruption of my studies, I wish to live entirely exempt from the former, and in great measure from the latter... in short, I should wish to gain my bread from my writings Picture Quote #1

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It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Showing a greater fondness for their own opinions than for truth, they sought to deny and disprove the new things which, if they had cared to look for themselves, their own senses would have demonstrated to them (Galileo Galilei Quotes) It reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypotheses. To refute the latter I collected many proofs, but I do not publish them... I would dare to publish my speculations if there were people men like you (Galileo Galilei Quotes) You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account (Galileo Galilei Quotes) There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly (Galileo Galilei Quotes) I truly believe the book of philosophy to be that which stands perpetually open before our eyes, though since it is written in characters different from those of our alphabet it cannot be read by everyone (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Well, since paradoxes are at hand, let us see how it might be demonstrated that in a finite continuous extension it is not impossible for infinitely many voids to be found (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Surely it is a great thing to increase the numerous host of fixed stars previously visible to the unaided vision, adding countless more which have never before been seen, exposing these plainly to the eye in numbers ten times exceeding the old and familiar stars (Galileo Galilei Quotes) The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error of faith (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Their vain presumption of knowing all can take beginning solely from their never having known anything; for if one has but once experienced the perfect knowledge of one thing, and truly tasted what it is to know, he shall perceive that of infinite other conclusions he understands not so much as one (Galileo Galilei Quotes) Vision, I say, is related to light itself. But of this sensation and the things pertaining to it, I pretend to understand but little; and since even a long time would not suffice to explain that trifle, or even to hint at an explanation, I pass over this in silence (Galileo Galilei Quotes) To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand (Galileo Galilei Quotes) In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you and them can one day become so great that your joyous cry over some new gain could be answered by an universal shriek of horror (Galileo Galilei Quotes) But, because my private lectures and domestic pupils are a great hinderance and intteruption of my studies, I wish to live entirely exempt from the former, and in great measure from the latter... in short, I should wish to gain my bread from my writings (Galileo Galilei Quotes)

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