It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
ISAAC NEWTONGravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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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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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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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
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The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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