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In the pure mathematics we contemplate absolute truths which existed in the divine mind before the morning stars sang together, and which will continue to… — Edward Everett Hale
If it were true what in the end would be gained Nothing but another truth. Is this such a mighty advantage We have enough old… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
We arenâ€™t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths. — Raquel Cepeda
Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths. — Morris Kline
I imagine that whenever the mind perceives a mathematical idea, it makes contact with Plato's world of mathematical concepts... When mathematicians communicate, this is made… — Roger Penrose
The world of ideas which it [mathematics] discloses or illuminates, the contemplation of divine beauty and order which it induces, the harmonious connexion of its… — James Joseph Sylvester
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities.… — Alfred North Whitehead
The investigation of mathematical truths accustoms the mind to method and correctness in reasoning, and is an employment peculiarly worthy of rational beings. — George Washington
Isn't it too bad that the great truths are all such lies. — Stephen King
There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright ignorance. The shape… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths. — Philip James Bailey
The world will teach our children if we do not, and children are capable of learning all the world will teach them at a very… — Rosemary M. Wixom
Insularity is the foundation of ethnocentrism and intolerance; when you only know of those like yourself, it is easy to imagine that you are alone… — David Eller
The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by… — Okakura Kakuzo
By the light of our insistent truths we wander into death — Edmond Jabes
One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie. — Francine du Plessix Gray
Women are hungry for things of the Spirit, for truths that counter the slide of virtues all around them. Visiting teaching is a measure of… — Bonnie D. Parkin
Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. — Josephine Hart
We believe that every relationship is unique unto itself, and thus even an attempt to think in types and forms is not going to express… — Dossie Easton

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