Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Meandering in the starry sky . . .

Today is the birthday of Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642), physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. Galileo's works were banned during his lifetime and he died under house arrest.

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

"Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new."
Galileo Galilei

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

"Passion is the genesis of genius."
Galileo Galilei

Galileo image source (1)

No comments: