I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. Read Summary
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not. Read Summary
I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things. Read Summary
I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations. Read Summary
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Read Summary
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. Read Summary
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. Read Summary
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Read Summary