“I knew of no sadder picture in the history of science than that of the old man, Galileo, worn by a long… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God. — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
The greatest benefit derived from the study of science is that it lifts you out of and above the littleness of daily trials. We… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Truth or myth, it is only for me to know. Come with me into the rich texture of Bizco's kingdom.” — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear. — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
