Isaac Newton Quotes

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

If you have seen further than others, your success is due in large part to the giants that came before. The ideas of those who came before us should be taken as a foundation for what we build upon. Isaac Newton's use of this proverb reminds readers that their success is based on the shoulders (literally and figuratively) giants.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

Truth is not the result of any activity; the truth which depends on one thing or another is part of the little truths of the world- the relative truths that, in the end, amount to nothing but illusion, as they are continuously changing with time.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

The opposing thumb is a wonderful gift. The intelligence of its design is proof of an intelligent designer. Without the thumb the hand would be a defective and incomplete instrument, so without the moral will, logic, decision, and faculties of which the thumb in different degrees offers the different signs, the most fertile and the most brilliant mind would only be a gift without worth."

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

Sir Isaac Newton was talking about knowledge. Knowledge is a broad thing. We can gain a drop of knowledge in our whole life but there is an ocean of knowledge. We have to learn more and more. Never stop learning knowledge.

To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation

Truth is a precious thing. It requires years after years to establish a simple truth thing. Truth paly a significant role in human life. It helps people to live happy and honest life. The author said that To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation for a human being.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Wall separate and protect but bridges connect and join. He wants to say that we build too many walls to protect ourselves and our family rather we should build bridges so that we can join with the community and helps us to stay happy. Walls separate and protect but bridges join and connect.

What goes up must come down.

Things that rise also fall. This expression is often used to say that something good will not last forever. This idiom originated in the 1800s and came from the physical properties of gravity. If you throw a ball in the air, it will come back down. What goes up must come down means that things change, and if something is increasing or rising, it will eventually decrease or fall.

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

This is the third of Sir Issac Newton's laws of physics. The statement means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. In real life, if you do something good, you will be rewarded for this. if you do something bad, you will also be rewarded for this. Karma is the law of cause and effect. Your actions or way of thinking creates a cause and in time, you will see and feel the effects it has in your life (present and future).