187 Quotes by Galileo Galilei

But some, besides allegiance to their original error, possess I know not what fanciful interest in remaining hostile not so much toward the things in question as toward their discoverer.

Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It’s not a book about how the heavens go.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Eppur si muove.

Nothing can be taught to a man, only it’s possibly to help him to discover it inside.

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth – whenever its true meaning is understood. But I believe nobody will deny that it is often very abstruse, and may say things which are quite different from wha.

To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it’s written, the language of Mathematics.

I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

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