![]() ~ All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth. ~ This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. ~ The changing of Bodies into Light, and Light into Bodies, is very conformable to the Course of Nature, which seems delighted with Transmutations. An object that is in motion will tend to remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. ~ An object that is at rest will tend to remain at rest. ~ As 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. ~ 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. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts. ~ Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. ~ 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. ~ To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. ~ We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time. ~ Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. ~ Don’t doubt the Creator because it is inconceivable that accidents alone could be the controller of this universe. ~ If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent. ~ To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. ~ He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God but he who really thinks has to believe in God. ~ The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments. ~ Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. ~ Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. ~ Yet one thing secures us whatever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide. ~ In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence. ~ To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ~ There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history. ~ If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ~ If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work. ~ I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people. ~ To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction. ~ If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results. ~ Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth. ~ If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought. ~ It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded. ~ Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. ~ To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation. ![]() ~ I believe the more I study science, the more I believe in God. ~ No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible. ~ Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation. ~ What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean. ~ No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. ![]() ~ All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer. ~ The best way to understanding is a few good examples. ![]() ~ We build too many walls and not enough bridges. ~ When two forces unite, their efficiency double. ~ A passion for calculus can unlock new worlds. ~ You have to make the rules, not follow them. ~ Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. ![]()
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