Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
ISAAC NEWTONTherefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
ISAAC NEWTONIt is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
ISAAC NEWTONGod created everything by number, weight and measure.
ISAAC NEWTONThe more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
ISAAC NEWTONI see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
ISAAC NEWTONI understood. I have understood. I do understand.
ISAAC NEWTONWe account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
ISAAC NEWTONOpposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
ISAAC NEWTONPoetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
ISAAC NEWTONReligion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
ISAAC NEWTONIn the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
ISAAC NEWTONThe 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.
ISAAC NEWTONI have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
ISAAC NEWTONEvery body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.
ISAAC NEWTON