The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
ISAAC NEWTONAs a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.
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To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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As a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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