Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564– 8 January
1642) was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher,
and mathematician, he played a major role in the scientific revolution of the
seventeenth century.
He has been called the "father of
observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the
"father of scientific method", and the "father of science".
His contributions to observational astronomy
include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of
the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his
honour), and the observation and analysis of sunspots. Galileo also worked in
applied science and technology, inventing an improved military compass and
other instruments.
Galileo Galilei Quotes
We cannot teach people anything; we can only
help them discover it within themselves.
Galileo Galilei
I have never met a man so ignorant that I
couldn't learn something from him.
Galileo Galilei
Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
Galileo Galilei
Two truths cannot contradict one another.
Galileo Galilei
All truths are easy to understand once they are
discovered; the point is to discover them.
Galileo Galilei
The book of nature is written in the language of
mathematics.
Galileo Galilei
I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of
the night.
Galileo Galilei
God is known by nature in his works, and by
doctrine in his revealed word.
Galileo Galilei
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce
that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.
Galileo Galilei
It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold
the body of the Moon.
Galileo Galilei
Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
Galileo Galilei
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable
what is not so.
Galileo Galilei
Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the
impossible, and that never occurs.
Galileo Galilei
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Galileo Galilei
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a
heresy to believe what is proved.
Galileo Galilei
You cannot teach a person something he does not
already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
Galileo Galilei
Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to
Heaven not how the heavens go.
Galileo Galilei
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
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