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 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...

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...

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...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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.

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...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

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

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

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.

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...

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,...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Speak the truth, by all means! Speak it so that no man can mistake the...

Speak the truth, by all means! Speak it so that no man can mistake the...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...