Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
ISAAC NEWTONIf I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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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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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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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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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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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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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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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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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.
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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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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Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
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