A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
ISAAC NEWTONGod’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.
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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.
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An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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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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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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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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Physics, beware of metaphysics.
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What goes up must come down.
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To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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Genius is patience.
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The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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