A sphere is made up of not one, but an infinite number of circles; women have diverse gifts, and to say that women's sphere is the family circle is a mathematical absurdity.
I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency. - Maria Mitchell
I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.
- Maria Mitchell
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
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.
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. - Maria Mitchell
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than… - Maria Mitchell
Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than…
For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman should say, "I am but a woman!" B… - Maria Mitchell
For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman should say, "I am but a woman!" B…
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 c… - Maria Mitchell
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 c…
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
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.
In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need exact science" … - Maria Mitchell
In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need exact science" …
No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be? - Maria Mitchell
No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
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