The wonderful arrangement and harmony of the cosmos would only originate in the plan of an almighty omniscient being. This is and remains my greatest comprehension.
Isaac Newton
Cosmos, Harmony, God, Science, Creation
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“To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.” Isaac Newton
Action, Reaction, Physics, Forces, Laws
Isaac Newton Action, Reaction, Physics, Forces, Laws“Live your life as an exclamation rather than an explanation.” Isaac Newton
Life, Living Fully, Inspiration, Exclamation, Philosophy, Action
Isaac Newton Life, Living Fully, Inspiration, Exclamation, Philosophy, Action“The 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 Newton
Geometry, Mechanics, Mathematics, Science, Lines, Physics
Isaac Newton Geometry, Mechanics, Mathematics, Science, Lines, Physics“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
Knowledge, Humility, Discovery, Truth, Self-Reflection
Isaac Newton Knowledge, Humility, Discovery, Truth, Self-Reflection“The same thing is to be understood of all bodies, revolved in any orbits. They all endeavour to recede from the centres of their orbits, and were it not for the opposition of a contrary force which restrains them to and detains them in their orbits, which I therefore call Centripetal, would fly off in right lines with a uniform motion.” Isaac Newton
Orbits, Centripetal Force, Physics, Motion, Science, Natural Laws
Isaac Newton Orbits, Centripetal Force, Physics, Motion, Science, Natural Laws“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
Gravity, Moon, Orbit, Physics, Motion, Celestial Bodies
Isaac Newton Gravity, Moon, Orbit, Physics, Motion, Celestial Bodies“Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor unequal, nor have any certain proportion one to another, and therefore, the principle that all infinites are equal is a precarious one.” Isaac Newton
Infinity, Mathematics, Philosophy, Knowledge, Science
Isaac Newton Infinity, Mathematics, Philosophy, Knowledge, Science“Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?” Isaac Newton
Order, Beauty, Philosophy, Nature, Existence
Isaac Newton Order, Beauty, Philosophy, Nature, Existence“Resistance is usually ascribed to bodies at rest, and impulse to those in motion, but motion and rest, as commonly conceived, are only relatively distinguished; nor are those bodies always truly at rest, which commonly are taken to be so.” Isaac Newton
Motion, Rest, Physics, Resistance, Impulse, Perception
Isaac Newton Motion, Rest, Physics, Resistance, Impulse, Perception“Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.” Isaac Newton
Hypotheses, Science, Experimentation, Philosophy, Properties
Isaac Newton Hypotheses, Science, Experimentation, Philosophy, Properties“If the ancient churches, in debating and deciding the greatest mysteries of religion, knew nothing of these two texts, I understand not why we should be so fond of them now the debate is over.” Isaac Newton
Religion, Theology, Faith, Scripture, Church, Historical Debate
Isaac Newton Religion, Theology, Faith, Scripture, Church, Historical Debate“All variety of created objects which represent order and life in the universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, whom I call the 'Lord God.'” Isaac Newton
Creation, Universe, Order, Life, Faith, Creator
Isaac Newton Creation, Universe, Order, Life, Faith, Creator“The alternation of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.” Isaac Newton
Motion, Force, Physics, Direction, Law, Mechanics
Isaac Newton Motion, Force, Physics, Direction, Law, Mechanics“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
Gravity, Projectiles, Motion, Physics, Laws
Isaac Newton Gravity, Projectiles, Motion, Physics, Laws“The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.” Isaac Newton
Experimentation, Scientific Inquiry, Research, Knowledge, Methodology, Deduction
Isaac Newton Experimentation, Scientific Inquiry, Research, Knowledge, Methodology, Deduction“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” Isaac Newton
Truth, Simplicity, Philosophy, Clarity, Wisdom
Isaac Newton Truth, Simplicity, Philosophy, Clarity, Wisdom“Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.” Isaac Newton
Truth, Friendship, Wisdom, Integrity, Philosophy
Isaac Newton Truth, Friendship, Wisdom, Integrity, Philosophy“I see I have made my self a slave to Philosophy.” Isaac Newton
Philosophy, Self-awareness, Reflection, Life, Struggle, Thought
Isaac Newton Philosophy, Self-awareness, Reflection, Life, Struggle, Thought