"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do."
— Galileo Galilei
The Sun With All Those Planets
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
About this quote
This poetic reflection on the Sun's power is attributed to Galileo Galilei in various collections, but no verified source in his writings or correspondence has been identified. Galileo did study sunspots using telescopic observations — published in his Letters on Sunspots (1613) — and was deeply interested in the physical nature of the Sun. The attribution remains unverified.
Source
Attributed, widely reported in Galileo anthologies
