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Isaac Newton quotes: Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.

Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.

Isaac Newton quotes: If I had seen further than others, it's because I stood upon the shoulders of giants.

If I had seen further than others, it's because I stood upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton quotes: The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.

The 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 Newton quotes: No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.

No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.

Isaac Newton quotes: God created everything by number, weight and measure.

God created everything by number, weight and measure.

Isaac Newton quotes: The centre of the system of the world is immovable.

The centre of the system of the world is immovable.

Isaac Newton quotes: Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

Isaac Newton quotes: Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Isaac Newton quotes: I do not feign hypotheses.

I do not feign hypotheses.

Isaac Newton quotes: Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.

Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.

Isaac Newton quotes: Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, By thinking about it all the time.

Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, By thinking about it all the time.

Isaac Newton quotes: All the characters of the Passion agree to the year 34; and that is the only year to which they all agree.

All the characters of the Passion agree to the year 34; and that is the only year to which they all agree.

Isaac Newton quotes: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

Isaac Newton quotes: To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Isaac Newton quotes: I understood. I have understood. I do understand.

I understood. I have understood. I do understand.

Isaac Newton quotes: I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

Isaac Newton quotes: There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

Isaac Newton quotes: The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.

The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.

Isaac Newton quotes: Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Isaac Newton quotes: What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

Isaac Newton quotes: No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Isaac Newton quotes: Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.

Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.

Isaac Newton quotes: Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Isaac Newton quotes: Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.

Nothing 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 Newton quotes: Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?

Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?

Isaac Newton quotes: God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.

God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.

Isaac Newton quotes: I have studied these things - you have not.

I have studied these things - you have not.

Isaac Newton quotes: To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.

To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.

Isaac Newton quotes: An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

Isaac Newton quotes: We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

Isaac Newton quotes: I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

Isaac Newton quotes: He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.

He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.

Isaac Newton quotes: And to every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

And to every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

Isaac Newton quotes: If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent

Isaac Newton quotes: My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Isaac Newton quotes: From the same principles, I now demonstrate the frame of the System of the World.

From the same principles, I now demonstrate the frame of the System of the World.

Isaac Newton quotes: The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent Agent.

The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent Agent.

Isaac Newton quotes: Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?

Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?

Isaac Newton quotes: Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

Isaac Newton quotes: No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.

No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.

Isaac Newton quotes: Let me think ... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

Let me think ... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

Isaac Newton quotes: Nature does nothing in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.

Nature does nothing in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.

Isaac Newton quotes: If I have done great things it's because I was standing in the closet of smart men taking notes and then publishing their ideas as my own.

If I have done great things it's because I was standing in the closet of smart men taking notes and then publishing their ideas as my own.

Isaac Newton quotes: Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.

Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.

Isaac Newton quotes: It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

Isaac Newton quotes: The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

Isaac Newton quotes: To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me

Isaac Newton quotes: Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

Isaac Newton quotes: If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.

If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.

Isaac Newton quotes: Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Isaac Newton quotes: I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.

I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.

Isaac Newton quotes: Genius is patience.

Genius is patience.

Isaac Newton quotes: An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

Isaac Newton quotes: F I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.

F I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton quotes: A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

Isaac Newton quotes: 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.

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.

Isaac Newton quotes: In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

Isaac Newton quotes: The changing of Bodies into Light, and Light into Bodies, is very conformable to the Course of Nature, which seems delighted with Transmutations.

The changing of Bodies into Light, and Light into Bodies, is very conformable to the Course of Nature, which seems delighted with Transmutations.

Isaac Newton quotes: Impressed force is the action exerted on a body to change its state either of resting or of moving uniformly straight forward.

Impressed force is the action exerted on a body to change its state either of resting or of moving uniformly straight forward.

Isaac Newton quotes: The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics.

The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics.

Isaac Newton quotes: When two forces unite, their efficiency double.

When two forces unite, their efficiency double.

Isaac Newton quotes: The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.

The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.

Isaac Newton quotes: This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

Isaac Newton quotes: What goes up must come down.

What goes up must come down.

Isaac Newton quotes: If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

Isaac Newton quotes: I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.

I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.

Isaac Newton quotes: If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

Isaac Newton quotes: Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.

Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.

Isaac Newton quotes: When the adversaries of Erasmus had got the Trinity into his edition, they threw by their manuscript as an old almanac out of date.

When the adversaries of Erasmus had got the Trinity into his edition, they threw by their manuscript as an old almanac out of date.

Isaac Newton quotes: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Isaac Newton quotes: As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

Isaac Newton quotes: Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.

Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.

Isaac Newton quotes: 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.

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.

Isaac Newton quotes: Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Isaac Newton quotes: Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.

Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.

Isaac Newton quotes: I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these calculations [of Pi], having no other business at the time

I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these calculations [of Pi], having no other business at the time

Isaac Newton quotes: Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Isaac Newton quotes: If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton quotes: They who search after the Philosopher's Stone [are] by their own rules obliged to a strict and religious life.

They who search after the Philosopher's Stone [are] by their own rules obliged to a strict and religious life.

Isaac Newton quotes: If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.

If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar
results.

Isaac Newton quotes: Physics, beware of metaphysics.

Physics, beware of metaphysics.

Isaac Newton quotes: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross roads.

Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross roads.

Isaac Newton quotes: I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

Isaac Newton quotes: Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Isaac Newton quotes: If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything

If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything

Isaac Newton quotes: A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

Isaac Newton quotes: 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.

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 Newton quotes: Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Isaac Newton quotes: Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Isaac Newton quotes: We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

Isaac Newton quotes: The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.

The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.

Isaac Newton quotes: A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.

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 Newton quotes: You have to make the rules, not follow them

You have to make the rules, not follow them

Isaac Newton quotes: All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.

All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.

Isaac Newton quotes: Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.

Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.