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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.

Isaac Newton

To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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Arrive Contemplation Requirement Simplicity Truth
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.
ISAAC NEWTON

Blind Color God Ideas Man Manner Understand Wise
I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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Myself Philosophy Slave
God’ 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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Body God Imagination Relative Respect Servant World
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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Action Deep Inspirational Opposite Reaction Science
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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Amount Atheist Chance Distance Earth Happen Heat Light Look Receive Solar System Sun
My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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Application Inspirational Ordinary Power Success
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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Art Enemy TAction
Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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Law Man Philosophy
God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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Creation God Number Weight
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Body Calculate Funny Heaven Madness Motion People
Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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Meditation Offspring One Liner Silence Truth
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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Continent Meditation Reading Struggle
Centripetal force is the force by which bodies are drawn from all sides, are impelled, or in any way tend, toward some point as to a center.
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Body Force Science
If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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Deep Done Due Patience Public Service
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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Clear Constant Inquiry Light Subject

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