Isaac Newton on explanation
“Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.”
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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.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Genius is patience.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton 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 NewtonIsaac Newton 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.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton 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.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton God created everything by number, weight and measure.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton 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.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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Ram DassRam Dass I hate being outside more than I can explain. I really have debilitating anxiety.
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