If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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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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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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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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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Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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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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To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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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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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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