Isaac Newton Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Isaac Newton quotes, Isaac Newton sayings, and Isaac Newton proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. Isaac Newton
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton
As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things. Isaac Newton
No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. Isaac Newton
In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. Isaac Newton
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. Isaac Newton
The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn. Isaac Newton
The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics. Isaac Newton
No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible. Isaac Newton
Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide. Isaac Newton
Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide. Isaac Newton
Gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the divine Power, it could never put them into such a circulating motion as they have about the Sun; and therefore, for this as well as other reasons, I am compelled to ascribe the frame of this System to an intelligent Agent. Isaac Newton
Gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the divine Power, it could never put them into such a circulating motion as they have about the Sun; and therefore, for this as well as other reasons, I am compelled to ascribe the frame of this System to an intelligent Agent. Isaac Newton
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Isaac Newton
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton
Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself. Isaac Newton
Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. Isaac Newton
In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. Isaac Newton
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Isaac Newton
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription. Isaac Newton