Quotes

[Turtle]

the mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. ~ aristotle

[Michaelangelica]

"Quapropter bono christiano, sive mathematici, sive quilibet impie divinantium, maxime dicentes vera, cavendi sunt, ne consortio daemoniorum animam deceptam, pacto quodam societatis irretiant."

Augustinus (De genesis ad literam, Liber 2, Caput XVII, Nr. 37)

Translation (and nice quotes) here
mathematical quotes
eg
"5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions."
Board in Danby, NY

[Turtle]

where there are mountains and forests, defiles and ravines, swamps and wetlands, and places difficult to pass, this is called difficult ground. ... on difficult ground, press on. ~ sun tzu

[pamela]

Something, calls to me,
The trees are drawing me near, I've got to find out why?
Those gentle voices I hear, explain it all with a sigh.
moody blues

[Turtle]

where one can come and go, this is called open ground.
...
on open ground, do not become separated.

~ sun tzu ~

[pamela]

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.
h.d. thoreau

[Turtle]

a tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~ unattested

[Turtle]

cold! if the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death. ~ mark twain

[Michaelangelica]

Terry Pratchett (on reading Darwin).

I found evolution more magnificent than Eden; I found it more wonderful to be a rising ape that a falling angel.
typo?

[pamela]

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
a. adams