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

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...

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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.

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.

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

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

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 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...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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.

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,...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Be Bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for.

Be Bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for.

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and...

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...