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title: "19 Matter Quotes By Isaac Newton"
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> [Bullialdus wrote that all force respecting ye Sun as its center & depending on matter must be reciprocally in a duplicate ratio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/bullialdus-wrote-that-all-force-respecting-ye-sun-as-its-center/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/god-in-the-beginning-formed-matter-in-solid-massy-hard-impenetrable/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/definition-of-inertia-the-vis-insita-or-innate-force-of-matter-is-a/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [You sometimes speak of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me, for the cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/you-sometimes-speak-of-gravity-as-essential-and-inherent-to-matter/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/every-particle-of-matter-is-attracted-by-or-gravitates-to-every-other/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover, and effectually to distinguish, the true motions of particular bodies from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/it-is-indeed-a-matter-of-great-difficulty-to-discover-and-effectually-2/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> ['Tis the temper of the hot and superstitious part of mankind in matters of religion ever to be fond of mysteries, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/tis-the-temper-of-the-hot-and-superstitious-part-of-mankind-in/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/nothing-can-be-divided-into-more-parts-than-it-can-possibly-be/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover, and effectually to distinguish, the true motions of particular bodies from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/it-is-indeed-a-matter-of-great-difficulty-to-discover-and-effectually/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [If two angels were sent down from heaven -one to conduct an empire and the other to sweep the streets -they would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/if-two-angels-were-sent-down-from-heaven-one-to-conduct-an-empire-and-2/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [That one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/that-one-body-may-act-upon-another-at-a-distance-through-a-vacuum/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [What is there in places empty of matter? and Whence is it that the sun and planets gravitate toward one another without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/what-is-there-in-places-empty-of-matter-and-whence-is-it-that-the-sun/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/it-seems-probable-to-me-that-god-in-the-beginning-formed-matter-in/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [Now the smallest Particles of Matter may cohere by the strongest Attractions, and compose bigger Particles of weaker Virture… There are therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/now-the-smallest-particles-of-matter-may-cohere-by-the-strongest/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [Thus far I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/thus-far-i-have-explained-the-phenomena-of-the-heavens-and-of-our-sea/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [The hypothesis of matter's being at first evenly spread through the heavens is, in my opinion, inconsistent with the hypothesis of innate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/the-hypothesis-of-matter-s-being-at-first-evenly-spread-through-the/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [God is able to create particles of matter of several sizes and figures and perhaps of different densities and forces, and thereby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/god-is-able-to-create-particles-of-matter-of-several-sizes-and/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/it-is-reasonable-that-forces-directed-toward-bodies-depend-on-the/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [That the divided but contiguous particles of bodies may be separated from one another is a matter of observation; and, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/that-the-divided-but-contiguous-particles-of-bodies-may-be-separated/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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## Other authors on Matter

## More by Isaac Newton

> [The same law takes place in a system, consisting of many bodies, as in one single body, with regard to their persevering in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/the-same-law-takes-place-in-a-system-consisting-of-many-bodies-as-in/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [I have been much amused at ye singular phenomena resulting from bringing of a needle into contact with a piece of amber or resin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/i-have-been-much-amused-at-ye-singular-phenomena-resulting-from/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/no-great-discovery-was-ever-made-without-a-bold-guess/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/i-keep-the-subject-of-my-inquiry-constantly-before-me-and-wait-till/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/philosophy-is-such-an-impertinently-litigious-lady-that-a-man-had-as/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [Do not Bodies act upon Light at a distance, and by their action bend its Rays; and is not this action (caeteris paribus) \[all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/do-not-bodies-act-upon-light-at-a-distance-and-by-their-action-bend/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/god-in-the-beginning-formed-matter-in-solid-massy-hard-impenetrable/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [ I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these calculations \[of Pi\], having no other business at the time ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/i-am-ashamed-to-tell-you-to-how-many-figures-i-carried-these/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/hypotheses-non-fingo-i-frame-no-hypotheses/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/the-ignis-fatuus-is-a-vapor-shining-without-heat/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [Blind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same always and every where, could produce no variety of things. All that diversity of natural things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/blind-metaphysical-necessity-which-is-certainly-the-same-always-and/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [You sometimes speak of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me, for the cause of gravity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/you-sometimes-speak-of-gravity-as-essential-and-inherent-to-matter/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/there-are-more-sure-marks-of-authenticity-in-the-bible-than-in-any/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/therefore-to-the-same-natural-effects-we-must-as-far-as-possible/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

> [In scripture we are told of some trusting in God and others trusting in idols, and that God is our refuge, our strength, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/in-scripture-we-are-told-of-some-trusting-in-god-and-others-trusting/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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