Archimedes

"In every volume lies a truth waiting to be discovered by patient hands."

"The universe is written in the language of mathematics; ignorance of this language is ignorance of everything."

"A problem that seems impossible is often one that has merely been approached from the wrong angle."

"The balance scales teach us that justice, like mechanics, follows eternal laws."

"To the man armed with mathematical understanding, no distance is too great, no weight too heavy."

"The screw is but a spiral line given the dignity of purpose."

"In solitude with geometry, the mind finds its truest companions."

"The perfection we seek in art is the perfection we find in mathematics."

"A single moment of understanding is worth a lifetime of assumption."

"The law of buoyancy teaches us that we are held up by forces we cannot see but can understand."

"To measure water is to measure the tears and achievements of civilization."

"In each wave lies a geometric truth waiting for the mathematician to read it."

"The greater the precision, the greater the beauty; the greater the beauty, the greater the truth."

"A fortress defended by numbers is stronger than a fortress defended by soldiers."

"The man who understands the circle understands the secret of perfection."

"In the realm of mechanics, fortune favors the precise."

"To the student who masters mathematics, all other disciplines bow in homage."

"The infinite can be glimpsed in the finite, if one knows where to look."

"A kingdom that forgets its mathematicians will soon forget its strength."

"In the sphere of mathematics, all men are equal before the truth."

"The pulley whispers secrets that the gods themselves would envy."

"To die in the pursuit of understanding is to achieve a kind of immortality."

"The volume of a cone is but one-third of the wonder it contains."

"A mind that stops growing is a mind that has begun to die."

"In numbers lies the poetry that no words can adequately express."

"The stability of an object depends upon the exact location of its center of gravity, much like the stability of a life."

"To understand why things fall is to understand why empires rise and fall."

"The man who can visualize infinity is a man who can accomplish the impossible."

"In the workshop of creation, mathematics is both the blueprint and the builder."

"A single principle, properly understood, can illuminate an entire universe of consequences."