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 NEWTONNothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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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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Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.
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The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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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.
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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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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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Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.
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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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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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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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