Galileo Galilei Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

  Galileo Galilei

  Truth, Inspiration, Independent

  "Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men". Book by François Arago, as translated by Baden Powell, Robert Grant, and William Fairbairn, p. 365, 1859.

• 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

  Answers, Vex, Scripture

• In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

  Galileo Galilei

  Men, Sparks, Tiny

  "Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo". Book by Stillman Drake (p. 134 - 135), 1957.

• 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 whim of others? When people devoid of whatsoever competence are made judges over experts and are granted authority to treat them as they please? These are the novelties which are apt to bring about the ruin of commonwealths and the subversion of the state.

  Galileo Galilei

  Math, People, Judging

• I am inclined to think that the authority of Holy Scripture is intended to convince men of those truths which are necessary for their salvation, which, being far above man's understanding, can not be made credible by any learning, or any other means than revelation by the Holy Spirit.

  Galileo Galilei

  Mean, Men, Thinking

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