Same topic Authors
Quote of the day

God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.

Popular Topics
Intelligent, Life, Book, Dance, Drama, Butterfly, Faith, Life Is Good, Curiosity, Passive, Dream, Achievement, Gold, Beauty, Kind, Happy, Kindness, Job, Oceans, Snows, Good, Reality, Things, Fly, Name, Feelings, I Miss You, Like, Confidence, Funny, Success, Acknowledge, Disco, Scholar, Surprised, Flower, Life Is Like, Angry, Culture, Stories, Impossible, Future, Amazing Music, Mother'S Day, Memorable, Justice, Kindly, Nice, Food, Teacher
Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard.

Discovery, Like, Science, Violets, Woods
Same Author Quotes

In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but are mainly interested in exercising (training) their own powers. One doesn't need to grasp such a one by the hand and lead him to the goal, but only from time to time give him suggestions, in order that he may reach it himself in the shortest way.

Education, Exercise, Goal, Grasp, Individuals, Science

My young friend, I wish that science would intoxicate you as much as our good Göttingen beer! Upon seeing a student staggering down a street.

Beer, Science, Street, Wish, Young Friends

It is always noteworthy that all those who seriously study this science [the theory of numbers] conceive a sort of passion for it.

Noteworthy, Numbers, Passion, Science, Study

To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more of my time than I like. Meanwhile I hope that the second time this expenditure of time will be much less, otherwise I would never be able to reconcile myself to it, even practical (astronomical) work must give far more satisfaction than if one brings up to B a couple more mediocre heads which otherwise would have stopped at A.

Couple, Education, Practical, Time, Winter

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings.

Certain, Further, Idle, Likewise, Might, Occupation
Similar Quotes