We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.
ISAAC NEWTONMy principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
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It 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.
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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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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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Physics, beware of metaphysics.
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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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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.
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