Physics, beware of metaphysics.
ISAAC NEWTONThe motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.
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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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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
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Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
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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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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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