We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

Quote by Isaac Newton

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

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.

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 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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of...

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of...

The great thing about knowing you're wrong is the moment you realize it, you're right.

The great thing about knowing you're wrong is the moment you realize it, you're right.

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...