I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.
—Maria Mitchell
Topics: Enjoyment
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.
—Maria Mitchell
Topics: Science, Scientists
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
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
—Maria Mitchell
People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
—Maria Mitchell
Topics: Endurance
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
Topics: Knowledge
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Alexander Hamilton American Statesman
- James Madison American Statesman, President
- William Ellery Channing American Theologian, Poet
- Edward Everett Hale American Unitarian Clergyman
- Walter H. Annenberg American Publisher
- Grace Hopper American Mathematician
- Murray Gell-Mann American Physicist
- Archibald Cox American Lawyer
- Steven Weinberg American Physicist
- Daniel Kahneman American-Israeli Psychologist, Economist
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