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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.


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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.

Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.



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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.



I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.



The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.



I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.



The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.

The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.



To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics.

To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics.



In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.



To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.

To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.



Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.

Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.





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