quotes from Galileo-a major mind
Classic Quotes by Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian Astronomer
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
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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.
Doubt is the father of invention.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
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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.
Doubt is the father of invention.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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WisconsinNorm
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Assuredness the gift of low IQ, perplexity the companion of the higher.
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WisconsinNorm
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csmonut
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Thanks, cyman01,
I particularly like the 5th quote. - 3 years ago
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csmonut
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Scarabus
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Reminds me of Huck Finn's anguished choice between following his conscience (which meant betraying Jim by sending him back to slavery) or following his heart (which meant remaining loyal to his friend, even at the risk of going to hell).
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Scarabus
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current89
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I love the following quote...
"Don't let your sense of morality get in the way of doing whats right"-Isaac Asimov
- 3 years ago
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current89
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Scarabus
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Got me thinking. More quotes on ignorance:
- 3 years ago
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Scarabus
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pjacobs51
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"I distrust those who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
Susan B. Anthony
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pjacobs51
