The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
ISAAC NEWTONTo explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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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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We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.
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A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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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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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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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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Genius is patience.
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