Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are kno...
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself
Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Galileo has been called the "...
I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper
Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created a farsighted version of the periodic t...
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live
American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, ...
Imagination is more important than knowledge
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differs from the dead
An ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, Greece. Along with Plato...
Wonder is the desire of knowledge
Italian Dominican friar, Philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. An immensely influential ph...
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his high...
There is no friend as loyal as a book
American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and noted sportsman.
If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need
Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC.
