I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
ISAAC NEWTONYou have to make the rules, not follow them.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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.
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All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.
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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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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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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.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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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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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.
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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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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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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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Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
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