I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

Quote by Isaac Newton

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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...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

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.

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...

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.

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...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

The priest is the personification of falsehood

The priest is the personification of falsehood

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...