Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
ISAAC NEWTONMy principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.
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The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
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To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
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The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
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Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time.
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