I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
ISAAC NEWTONWe 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.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Physics, beware of metaphysics.
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.
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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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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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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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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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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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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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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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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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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
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