“God’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.”

The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The centre of the system of the world is immovable.

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.

Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.

An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

What goes up must come down.

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.

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.

What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.

A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.

The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.

No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It’s when the mind catches up with the body.

It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.

Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.

My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

I know our bodies were engagement in the act of sex. But did you hear how loudly our souls were making music?

What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

Take refuge in your own arms. Collapse into the protection of your own body. It’s the safest home you will ever know.