Isaac Newton

seen further shoulder giant

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

calculate heavenly bodies madness people

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

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

men walls bridges

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

nature simplicity

“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

truth simplicity multiplicity confusion

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

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

imagine false understand true

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

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

discovery patient attention

“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

life exclamation explanation

“Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

make not follow rules

“You have to make the rules, not follow them”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

nature law night newton light

“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:

God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

discovery bold guess

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

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

nature in vain luxury superfluous causes

“Nature does nothing in vain, and more causes are in vain when fewer suffice. For nature is simple and does not indulge in the luxury of superfluous causes.”

― Isaac Newton (1643-1727)