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Maria Mitchell quotes: Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Maria Mitchell quotes: I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

Maria Mitchell quotes: I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

Maria Mitchell quotes: The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

Maria Mitchell quotes: There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.

There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.

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

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.

The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.

Maria Mitchell quotes: A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.

A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.

Maria Mitchell quotes: There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Maria Mitchell quotes: I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

Maria Mitchell quotes: It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal.

I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal.

Maria Mitchell quotes: 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.

Maria Mitchell quotes: When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

Maria Mitchell quotes: But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction?

But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction?

Maria Mitchell quotes: Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

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

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

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

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

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.

How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.

Maria Mitchell quotes: 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.

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

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

Maria Mitchell quotes: As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

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

Maria Mitchell quotes: Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.

Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.

Maria Mitchell quotes: Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

Maria Mitchell quotes: The phrase 'popular science' has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

The phrase 'popular science' has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Maria Mitchell quotes: The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

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

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

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