Galileo - the father of modern physics - indeed of modern science.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.

Imagination rules the earth

Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination

Culture in its higher forms is a delicate plant which depends on a complicated set of conditions and is wont to flourish only in a few places at any given time.

Every age has its beautiful moments.