Babbage ... gave the name to the [Cambridge] Analytical Society, which he stated was formed to advocate 'the principles of pure d-ism as opposed to the dot-age of the university.'

[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'

Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.

Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics.

'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'

For other great mathematicians or philosophers, he [Gauss] used the epithets magnus, or clarus, or clarissimus; for Newton alone he kept the prefix summus.

Happiness is already in the future because your heart and mind took you there a million times already. It knew.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever.

When man listens, God speaks; when man obeys, God acts; when man prays, God empowers.

Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done.

You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer.

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.

No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.

Men and women, boys and girls, are still bowing to the image of peer pressure out on their own Plain of Dura every week in every city of America.

I recommended meditation to every person as a foundation for living healthier, being a more loving person, and leading a less stressful life!