187 Quotes by Galileo Galilei

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.

We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.

Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.

Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.

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

Wine is sunlight, held together by water.

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in the mathematical language ... without whos