...from the same principles, I now demonstrate the frame of the System of the World. Isaac Newton More Quotes by Isaac Newton More Quotes From Isaac Newton If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. Isaac Newton If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton This most beautiful system -- The Universe could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. Isaac Newton We build too many walls and not enough bridges. Isaac Newton walls too build bridges enough Gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the divine Power, it could never put them into such a circulating motion as they have about the Sun; and therefore, for this as well as other reasons, I am compelled to ascribe the frame of this System to an intelligent Agent. Isaac Newton i-am never power sun The same law takes place in a system, consisting of many bodies, as in one single body, with regard to their persevering in their state of motion or of rest. For the progressive motion, whether of one single body or of a whole system of bodies, is always to be estimated from the motion of the center of gravity. Isaac Newton rest place body law Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton things truth-is simplicity truth I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. Isaac Newton myself me ocean truth An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. Isaac Newton motion straight outside force To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you. Isaac Newton you man nature age Genius is patience. Isaac Newton genius patience If a projectile were deprived of the force of gravity, it would not be deflected toward the earth but would go off in a straight line into the heavens and do so with uniform motion, provided that the resistance of the air were removed. Isaac Newton uniform go force earth The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments. Isaac Newton them after things experiments Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion. Isaac Newton opinions divine philosophy religion The centre of the system of the world is immovable. Isaac Newton immovable system centre world
