Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Quotes

“See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.”

― Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

topic:truthscience

“For anyone who had experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands nothing.”

― Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

topic:truthknowledgeunderstanding

“But with regard to those few which the human intellect does understand, I believe that its knowledge equals the Divine in objective certainty, for here it succeeds in understanding necessity, beyond which there can be no greater sureness.”

― Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

topic:knowledgeunderstanding

“To me, a great ineptitude exists on the part of those who would have it that God made the universe more in proportion to the small capacity of their reason than to His immense, His infinite, power.”

― Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

topic:Godpowerreason

“Please observe, gentlemen, how facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.”

― Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

topic:beautysimplicity