To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
ISAAC NEWTONTo me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
ISAAC NEWTONThe 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.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
ISAAC NEWTONAre not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
ISAAC NEWTONAn object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
ISAAC NEWTONTherefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
ISAAC NEWTONPhysics, beware of metaphysics.
ISAAC NEWTONAtheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
ISAAC NEWTONAll my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.
ISAAC NEWTONMy powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
ISAAC NEWTONAn object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTONThe 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.
ISAAC NEWTONTruth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
ISAAC NEWTONThe great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
ISAAC NEWTON