Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time.
ISAAC NEWTONAll knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.
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The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.
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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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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 consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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