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.
ISAAC NEWTONA cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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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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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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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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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.
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Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
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The 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.
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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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