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.
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.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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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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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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The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles.
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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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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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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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