It is given to us to live for the most part under the guidance of mathematics ... It is impossible to distinguish from other living creatures anyone who does not understand how to quantify. Cassiodorus More Quotes by Cassiodorus More Quotes From Cassiodorus Music doth extenuate fears furies appeaseth cruelty abateth heaviness and to such as are wakeful it causeth quiet rest; it cures all irksomeness and heaviness of soul. Cassiodorus cures soul quiet He is invited to do great things who receives small things greatly. Cassiodorus small-things invited great-things