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I have been judged vehemently ...

I have been judged vehemently suspect of heresy, that is, of having held and believed that the sun in the centre of the universe and immoveable, and that the earth is not at the center of same, and that it does move. Wishing however, to remove from the minds of your Eminences and all faithful Christians this vehement suspicion reasonably conceived against me, I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and every error, heresy, and sect contrary t

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

Alas! Your dear friend and ser...

Alas! Your dear friend and servant Galileo has been for the last month hopelessly blind; so that this heaven, this earth, this universe, which I by my marvelous discoveries and clear demonstrations had enlarged a hundred thousand times beyond the belief of the wise men of bygone ages, henceforward for me is shrunk into such a small space as is filled by my own bodily sensations.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

But some, besides allegiance t...

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.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

For my part I consider the ear...

For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

I am certainly interested in a...

I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic. Who knows but men will reduce me from the profession of a philosopher to that of historian of the Inquisition!

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I would beg the wise and learn...

I would beg the wise and learned fathers [of the church] to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion and matters of demonstration.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

If experiments are performed t...

If experiments are performed thousands of times at all seasons and in every place without once producing the effects mentioned by your philosophers, poets, and historians, this will mean nothing and we must believe their words rather than our own eyes?

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

If there were as great a scarc...

If there were as great a scarcity of soil as of jewels or precious metals, there would not be a prince who would not spend a bushel of diamonds and rubies and a cartload of gold just to have enough earth to plant a jasmine in a little pot, or to sow an orange seed and watch it sprout, grow, and produce its handsome leaves, its fragrant flowers, and fine fruit.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

In the long run my observation...

In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which, either because of its being their own or because of their having received it from some person who has their entire confidence, impresses them so deeply that one finds it impossible ever to get it out of their heads.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

It is necessary for the Bible,...

It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which appear to differ from the absolute truth so far as the bare meaning of the words is concerned.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

Some, merely to contradict wha...

Some, merely to contradict what I had said, did not scruple to cast doubt upon things they had seen with their own eyes again and again.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

The deeper I go in considering...

The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them. What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold 'precious,' and earth and soil 'base'?

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I believe that the intention o...

I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

You may force me to say what y...

You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

I, Galileo, son of the late Vi...

I, Galileo, son of the late Vicenzo Galilei, swear that I never said that the prime numbers are useless. What I said was that you cannot count lunar craters by counting 2, 3, 5, 7 ...

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

Nonetheless, it moves....

Nonetheless, it moves.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

E pur si muove. 'Albeit It do...

E pur si muove. 'Albeit It does move'. (That's what Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.)

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

Scripture is a book about goin...

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

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Mathematics is the language wi...

Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

Holy Scripture could never lie...

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

Galileo Galilei 162 quotes

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