The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
ISAAC NEWTONI see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
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Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time.
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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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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The synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the Phænomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
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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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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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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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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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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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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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I 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.
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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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My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
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Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
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