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> [One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/one-cannot-understand-the-universality-of-laws-of-nature-the/)

[Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/)

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> [How is it that there are so many minds that are incapable of understanding mathematics? ... the skeleton of our understanding, ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-poincare/how-is-it-that-there-are-so-many-minds-that-are-incapable-of/)

[Henri Poincare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-poincare/)

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> [I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-wiles/i-tried-to-fit-it-in-with-some-previous-broad-conceptual/)

[Andrew Wiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-wiles/)

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> [The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-understanding-of-mathematics-is-necessary-for-a-sound-grasp-of/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [... it is impossible to explain honestly the beauties of the laws of nature in a way that people can feel, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/it-is-impossible-to-explain-honestly-the-beauties-of-the-laws-of/)

[Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/)

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