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 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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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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The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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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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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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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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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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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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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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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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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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