Isaac Newton

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

Discovery • Patience • Talent

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

Authenticity • Bible • History

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

Beliefs • Faith • Philosophy

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Achievements • Honor • Inspiration

Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

Divine • Opinions • Philosophy

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Clarity • Focus • Sensibility

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Art • Craftsmanship • Mistakes

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Improvement • Motivational • Success

We are certainly not to relinquish the evidence of experiments for the sake of dreams and vain fictions of our own devising; nor are we to recede from the analogy of Nature, which is wont to be simple and always consonant to itself.

We are certainly not to relinquish the evidence of experiments for the sake of dreams and vain fictions of our own devising; nor are we to recede from the analogy of Nature, which is wont to be simple and always consonant to itself.

Empiricism • Nature • Reason

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

Philosophy • Religion • Science

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

Bible • Faith • Inspiration

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.

Patience

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Curiosity • Humility • Philosophy

Genius is patience.

Genius is patience.

Inspiration • Motivational • Perseverance

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. It is much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. It is much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

Collaboration • Humility • Knowledge

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Friendship • Philosophy • Truth

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

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

Communication • Conflict • Diplomacy

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Gratitude • Inspiration • Knowledge