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

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

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

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

- Maria Mitchell

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

- Maria Mitchell

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

- 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…

- 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" …

- Maria Mitchell