I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay.

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

I actually have a stash of wigs for Halloween. But only for that. Not to play dress-up.

I had a lot of friends in high school, but I was never the wild party girl. Never have been, never plan to be!

Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become dangerous.

Uncontradicting solitude Supports me on its giant palm; And like a sea-anemone Or simple snail, there cautiously Unfolds, emerges, what I am.

I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one.

The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.

Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery.