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.
ISAAC NEWTONAn object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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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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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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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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God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
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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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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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The synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the Phænomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.
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The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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