Sir Isaac Newton (1623-1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a “natural philosopher.” He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment.
Isaac Newton Quotes
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
—Isaac Newton
To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction.
—Isaac Newton
They who search after the Philosopher’s Stone by their own rules obliged to a strict and religious life.
—Isaac Newton
My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
—Isaac Newton
I believe the more I study science, the more I believe in God.
—Isaac Newton
He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
—Isaac Newton
Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
—Isaac Newton
Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
—Isaac Newton
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
—Isaac Newton
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
—Isaac Newton