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All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.

Isaac Newton

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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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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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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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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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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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 description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
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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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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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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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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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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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All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.

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