That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. Maria Mitchell More Quotes by Maria Mitchell More Quotes From Maria Mitchell There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Maria Mitchell happybeautyhappiness 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 educationalchangeinspirational No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be? Maria Mitchell askswisdomshould I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency. Maria Mitchell perseverancecapacityordinary 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 wickedstarsthinking Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. Maria Mitchell spacestarstrying We especially need imagination in science. Question everything. Maria Mitchell questioningimaginationneeds 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 halfscienceneeds 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 rainbowshadoweye 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 nervessoulworld 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 spherescirclesnumbers 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 perspectivestarscaring 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 inspirationcountrytravel Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. Maria Mitchell naturelawscience The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study. Maria Mitchell habitstudygiving 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 acceptancementhinking 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 catholicchurchyesterday As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them. Maria Mitchell people-disappointdisappointpeople 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 embroiderystarseye
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