A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Quote by Isaac Newton

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Truth Quotes

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

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.

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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

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

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

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

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

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

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

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

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.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

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

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

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

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

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

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.