People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

Quote by Maria Mitchell

Topics: Mind Quotes

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

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

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

Question everything.

Question everything.

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive...

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give...

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give...

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out....

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out....

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

We especially need imagination in science.

We especially need imagination in science.

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has...

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has...

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and...

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and...

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity...

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity...

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

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

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to...

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to...

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and...

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in...

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...