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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 Newton

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 NEWTON

False Human Nature Imagination Man Understand
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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Action Deep Inspirational Opposite Reaction Science
Genius is patience.
ISAAC NEWTON

Genius Inspirational One Liner Patience
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.
ISAAC NEWTON

Body God Imagination Relative Respect Servant World
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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Continent Meditation Reading Struggle
No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Religion Science
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
ISAAC NEWTON

Body Calculate Funny Heaven Madness Motion People
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 NEWTON

Assign Cause Explanation Force Gravity Heaven Sea
Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
ISAAC NEWTON

Attraction Distance Force Gravity Particle Proportional Science
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
ISAAC NEWTON

Advance Connection Earth Honour Science
The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
ISAAC NEWTON

Experiment Inquiry Mathod Proper Property
A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTON

Action Body Force Motion Science
Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
ISAAC NEWTON

Apple Drops Science Wonder
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.
ISAAC NEWTON

Beautiful Intelligence Planet Powerful Proceed Sun System
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.
ISAAC NEWTON

Body Change Force Impact Motion Persist State Straight Uniform
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
ISAAC NEWTON

Attention Discover Inspirational Patience Success Talent Value

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.

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