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 NEWTONI understood. I have understood. I do understand.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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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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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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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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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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Genius is patience.
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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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Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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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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The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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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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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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