An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTONIn the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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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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God’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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What goes up must come down.
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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.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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