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 NEWTONIt 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.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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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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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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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
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An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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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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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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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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