Quotes by : Maria Mitchell

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than....

The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular....

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more....

Study as if you were going to live forever live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

We travel to learn and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than....

Why can a man not act himself be himself and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone....