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.
ISAAC NEWTONPictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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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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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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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.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
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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.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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