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Quote by Galileo Galilei
And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when mi

And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the will of others? – Galileo Galilei

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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. – Galileo Galilei

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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. – Galileo Galilei

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Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined. – Galileo Galilei

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There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled. РJean de La Bruy̬re, Characters, 1688

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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve. – Charles de Gaulle

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Life presents you with but two avenues — you can either run with the mob or from it. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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