Isaac Newton on The Baroque Cycle

“"The mechanical world decays. Counterpoised against this tendency to decline must be some creative principle: the active seed--the Subtile Spirit."”

“"Where do we find God in the world? That is all I want to know. I have not found Him yet. But when I see anything that does not rot — the workings of the solar system, or a Euclidean proof, or the perfection of gold — I sense I am drawing nearer to the Divine."”

“"I am only trying to recover what Solomon knew," Isaac said. "I can't help but wonder if you — perhaps even I — don't know a hell of a lot more about practically every subject than Solomon ever did," Daniel said. Isaac said nothing for a moment, but something about his silhouette looked wounded, or sad.”