Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
ISAAC NEWTONAre not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
ISAAC NEWTONAn object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTONNothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
ISAAC NEWTONEvery action has an equal and opposite reaction.
ISAAC NEWTONThe 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.
ISAAC NEWTONIt 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.
ISAAC NEWTONPhilosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
ISAAC NEWTONThe great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
ISAAC NEWTONTo arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
ISAAC NEWTONLive your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.
ISAAC NEWTONTo me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
ISAAC NEWTONTo explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
ISAAC NEWTONGod created everything by number, weight and measure.
ISAAC NEWTONThe moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
ISAAC NEWTONCentripetal 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.
ISAAC NEWTONA body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTON