Karissa really identifies with Elsa because she knows what it's like to be different from everyone else, she doesn’t want to be seen as different, which has made her extremely determined to do things as well, if not better, than others. Maria Mitchell More Quotes by Maria Mitchell More Quotes From Maria Mitchell There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Maria Mitchell happy beauty happiness We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing. Maria Mitchell educational change inspirational No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be? Maria Mitchell asks wisdom should I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency. Maria Mitchell perseverance capacity ordinary The greatest benefit derived from the study of science is that it lifts you out of and above the littleness of daily trials. We learn to live in the universe as a part of it; we cannot seperate ourselves from it - our every act connects us with it - our every act affects the whole. Standing under the canopy of stars and remembering their presence you could scarcely do a petty deed, or think a wicked thought. Maria Mitchell wicked stars thinking Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. Maria Mitchell space stars trying We especially need imagination in science. Question everything. Maria Mitchell questioning imagination needs Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not. Maria Mitchell art In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need exact science" But since I have known some workers in science, I have now said, "How much science needs women" Maria Mitchell half science needs But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction? Maria Mitchell rainbow shadow eye The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us. Maria Mitchell nerves soul world A sphere is made up of not one, but an infinite number of circles; women have diverse gifts, and to say that women's sphere is the family circle is a mathematical absurdity. Maria Mitchell spheres circles numbers When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests. Maria Mitchell perspective stars caring We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. Maria Mitchell inspiration country travel Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. Maria Mitchell nature law science The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study. Maria Mitchell habit study giving Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be. Maria Mitchell acceptance men thinking Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines. Maria Mitchell catholic church yesterday As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them. Maria Mitchell people-disappoint disappoint people The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer. Maria Mitchell embroidery stars eye
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