A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
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 American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
We especially need imagination in science. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines. Maria Mitchell American Scientist More Maria Mitchell Quotes 0