I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
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 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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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.
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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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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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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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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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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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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.
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