Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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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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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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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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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.
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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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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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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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I feign no hypotheses.
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Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
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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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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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