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.
ISAAC NEWTONThe synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the Phænomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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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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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
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It 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.
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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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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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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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