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 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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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.
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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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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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Centripetal force is the force by which bodies are drawn from all sides, are impelled, or in any way tend, toward some point as to a center.
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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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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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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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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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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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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.
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It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
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