By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

They who depend upon manifest observations will philosophize better than those who persist in opinions repugnant to the senses.

God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.

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

To excite in us tastes, odors, and sounds I believe that nothing is required in external bodies except shapes, numbers, and slow or rapid movements. ... if ears, tongues, and noses were removed, shapes and numbers and motions would remain, but not odors or tastes or sounds.

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

To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics.