The Laws Of Nature Are Written In

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.

The Vain Presumption Of Understanding Everything Can Have No Other Basis Than Never Having Understood Anything. For Anyone Who Had Ever 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.

In My Studies Of Astronomy And Philosophy I Hold This Opinion About The Universe, That The Sun Remains Fixed In The Centre Of The Circle Of Heavenly Bodies, Without Changing Its Place; And The Earth, Turning Upon Itself, Moves Round The Sun.

I Would Say Here Something That Was Heard From An Ecclesiastic Of The Most Eminent Degree: The Intention Of The Holy Spirit Is To Teach Us How One Goes To Heaven, Not How The Heavens Go.

With Regard To Matters Requiring Thought: The Less People Know And Understand About Them, The More Positively They Attempt To Argue Concerning Them.