Quote by David Hilbert
Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science req

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom – that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself. – David Hilbert

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If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology. – David Hilbert

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Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts. – David Hilbert

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The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction proceed, and unsuspected relations are disclosed between hitherto separated branches of the science. – David Hilbert

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The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this I, me, mine type of thing. – Abel Ferrara

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Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known. – Blaise Pascal

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The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent. – Ben Kingsley

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If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas. – Brian Eno

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