Author: Maria Mitchell

Quotes

We especially need imagination in science.

We especially need imagination in science.

- Maria Mitchell

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

- Maria Mitchell

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.

- Maria Mitchell

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

- Maria Mitchell

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.

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

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

- Maria Mitchell

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

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

- Maria Mitchell

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

- Maria Mitchell

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

- Maria Mitchell

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