It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which appear to differ from the absolute truth so far as the bare meaning of the words is concerned.

It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which appear to differ from the absolute truth so far as the bare meaning of the words is concerned.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.

Two truths cannot contradict one another.

I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and every error and sect contrary to the Holy Catholic Church.

The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.