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 NEWTONIt seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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 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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The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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I feign no hypotheses.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.
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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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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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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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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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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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Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.
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