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.
ISAAC NEWTONHypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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.
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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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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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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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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The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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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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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
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To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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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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