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.
ISAAC NEWTONAs 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.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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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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All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.
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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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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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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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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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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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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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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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