Quotes by Galileo Galilei

About Galileo Galilei:

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for heliocentrism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", and the "father of modern science".
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but 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 mathemati...

Galileo Galilei

Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.

Galileo Galilei

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

Galileo Galilei

The sun, with all he planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do.

Galileo Galilei
Truth quotes by Galileo Galilei, UberQuotes

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Galileo Galilei

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.

Galileo Galilei

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

Galileo Galilei

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

Galileo Galilei

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

Galileo Galilei

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

Galileo Galilei

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.

Galileo Galilei

Author Bio

  • NameGalileo Galilei
  • Descriptionastronomer (1564–1642)
  • AliasesGalileo
  • BornFebruary 25, 1564
  • DiedJanuary 8, 1642
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionAstronomer; Philosopher; Mathematician; Physicist; Inventor; Astrologer; Polymath; Non-fiction Writer; University Professor