Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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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All 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.
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Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.
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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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Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
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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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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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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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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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Genius is patience.
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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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