Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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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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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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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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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
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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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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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