Quotes by Isaac Newton

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.

— Isaac Newton

Truth

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

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

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

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

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

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

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

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

— Isaac Newton

Education

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

— Isaac Newton

Truth

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

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

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom

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

— Isaac Newton

Wisdom