100+ Famous Isaac Newton Quotes That Inspire Genius Thinking

"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."

"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."

"We build too many walls and not enough bridges."

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

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

"Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my best friend is truth."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

"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."

"Errors are not in the art but in the workmen."

"It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity."

"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy."

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

"I was always delighted when I found something in an author which I had before thought out for myself."

"I keep the subject constantly before me and wait 'til the first dawn breaks into full light."

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

"If I have done the public any service, this was due to nothing but industry and patient thought."

"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."

"I feign no hypotheses."

"I am obliged to you for your excellent letter. I can only say that I have not yet made public what I have, because I am not yet satisfied with it."

"I look upon these mathematical sciences in a very high rank among human attainments."

"I do not love to be dunned [pestered] and teased about mathematical things."

"I never make hypotheses."

"I don’t know how I may seem to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a child amid the vast sea of ignorance."

"I could never have gone through with the business if I had not kept myself independent of others’ opinions."

"Imagination is a powerful instrument in the discovery of truth."

"To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age."

"I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe."

"My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings results."

"The changing of bodies into light, and light into bodies, is very conformable to the course of Nature."

"I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history."

"I have often said that I believed the story of the apple falling from the tree to be true."

"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."

"Men build too many walls and not enough bridges."

"I have not as yet been able to discover the reason for these properties of gravity from phenomena, and I do not feign hypotheses."

"God created everything by number, weight and measure."

"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, finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell."

"I was like a boy playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lay 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 shore."

"I am more proud of being descended from humble ancestors than of being related to the great."

"I have sometimes thought of the possibility that I might be wrong."

"I am confident that there is more truth in me than I have been able to bring forth."

"I have not been able to discover the cause of the properties of gravity from phenomena."

"I feign no hypotheses."

"I am not of the opinion that the mysteries of faith can be explained by philosophy."

"I do not frame hypotheses."

"I am satisfied that I have done well enough if I have given occasion to others to correct or improve my work."

"I have sometimes thought that I might be mistaken, and that others will discover better ways."

"I have not made any of my discoveries through sudden insight, but through patient thought and labor."

"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."

"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion."

"The whole burden of philosophy seems to consist in this—from the phenomena of motions to investigate the forces of nature."

"All nature is a labyrinth, and hence we see so many errors."

"The motions of the planets were governed by a single law: gravity."

"The variety of colors depends on the size of the corpuscles of light."

"Forces of attraction and repulsion govern the interactions of matter."

"Nature is simple and does not indulge in superfluous causes."

"The same year I invented a new theory of colors."

"Light consists of tiny particles."

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."

"The beauty of the world is evidence of divine design."

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

"I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawn breaks into full light."

"I was seldom idle about three or four hours a day."

"I don’t know what I may seem to the world, but in my own time I was always working."

"I was constantly occupied with thoughts of motion and force."

"Time and space are the framework within which the mind constructs its experience."

"I never found time to waste."

"I took no exercise, drank no wine, and lived chaste."

"I never relaxed my studies."

"I used to take walks alone to think deeply."

"Success comes not from sudden flashes, but from steady effort."

"I was not discouraged by difficulty, for I knew persistence would reveal answers."

"Knowledge is power."

"We are not to expect rational experiments from irrational men."

"The understanding is not enough without learning."

"He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks will find it impossible not to believe."

"Rules of reasoning in philosophy must be grounded in observation."

"The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses."

"Mathematical principles are the foundation of natural philosophy."

"Understanding nature requires both reason and experiment."

"We are to admit no more causes than are necessary."

"Truth lies hidden in plain sight for those who care to look."

"Doubt is the origin of wisdom."

"To arrive at the simplest truth, one must peel away layers of assumption."

"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."

"God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done."

"I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired."

"The Supreme God is eternal, infinite, and absolutely perfect."

"There are more certain and evident marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history."

"I believe the Bible is the key to unlock the secrets of the universe."

"The invisible things of God are clearly seen through the things that are made."

"The greatness of God is displayed in the vastness of creation."

"Religious enthusiasm is the effect of strong imagination."

"I think the principal end of all things is the glory of God."

"God created the world so that we might come to know Him through His works."

"I do not believe in a God who rewards and punishes the objects of His creation."

"Logic is the anatomy of thought."

"Reason is the revelation from God, whereby He makes all men partakers of wisdom and common sense."

"We reason from what we know to what we do not know."

"Hypotheses non fingo — I frame no hypotheses."

"In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena are to be considered either exactly or very nearly true."

"The foundation of all certainty lies in self-evident truths."

"The laws of nature are mathematical because God designed them so."

"Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes—the universe."

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

"True logic leads us to simplicity, not complexity."

"The rules of reasoning must be consistent across all domains."

"Reason guides us where senses fail."

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

"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."

"My legacy is not in fame, but in the pursuit of truth."

"Let others praise ancient times; I have found happiness in discovering new truths."

"I hope I have not misled future generations with my errors."

"I leave behind not monuments, but methods."

"May those who follow me go deeper into the ocean of truth."

"I write not for applause, but for the advancement of knowledge."

"Future scientists will refine what I began."

"I am content if my work inspires others to think."

"The greatest honor is not in being remembered, but in being surpassed."

"I did not seek fame; I sought understanding."