Quotes by Math I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which however the margin is not large enough to contain. Pierre de Fermat proofenoughmath All problems in mathematics are psychological. Pierre Deligne psychologicalproblemmath Such is the advantage of a well constructed language that its simplified notation often becomes the source of profound theories. Pierre-Simon Laplace languagemathprofound Man follows only phantoms. Pierre-Simon Laplace mathmenscience The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. Plato pureformmath Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful? Pliny the Elder powerfulmathbelieve Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy. Plato soulmathphilosophy ... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his person; that he was often carried by force to the baths, and when there he would trace geometrical figures in the ashes of the fire, and with his finger draws lines upon his body when it was anointed with oil, being in a state of great ecstasy and divinely possessed by his science. Plutarch oilfiremath He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. Plato understandingplatomath Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself. Plato degreesmathnumbers Wherever there is number, there is beauty. Proclus mathematical-beautymathnumbers It is well known that the man who first made public the theory of irrationals perished in a shipwreck in order that the inexpressible and unimaginable should ever remain veiled. And so the guilty man, who fortuitously touched on and revealed this aspect of living things, was taken to the place where he began and there is for ever beaten by the waves. Proclus takenmathlife Wherever there is a number, there is beauty. Proclus mathnumbers Geometry existed before creation. Plato geometrycreationmath The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal. Plato platomathknowledge I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Plato platomathscience I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive. Plato useeducationmath I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be history or geography or math. Q'orianka Kilcher pacemathhome Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. Plato amusingplatomath Number rules the universe. Pythagoras universemathnumbers«5657585960616263646566»
