Every 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.
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.
ISAAC NEWTONGod is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
ISAAC NEWTONThe best way to understanding is a few good examples.
ISAAC NEWTONI do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
ISAAC NEWTONOpposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
ISAAC NEWTONTo me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
ISAAC NEWTONTo myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
ISAAC NEWTONWhence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
ISAAC NEWTONPictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
ISAAC NEWTONGravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
ISAAC NEWTONAll 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 NEWTONI consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
ISAAC NEWTONAre not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
ISAAC NEWTONTo explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
ISAAC NEWTONWhat we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
ISAAC NEWTONPlato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
ISAAC NEWTON