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.
ISAAC NEWTONEvery body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.
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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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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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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
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Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.
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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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To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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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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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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