Hypatia of Alexandria

"Fables are not about advice for the future but also metaphors about the present."

"Reserve the right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."

"Hurt no one in order that no one may hurt you."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

"Life is an unfoldment, and if you refuse to participate, you're refusing to live."

"Truth is the exact adaptation of thought to thing."

"I teach more by the example of my life than by words."

"Travel as a mean of instruction is an excellent thing."

"Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their slaves, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy."

"Neither geometry nor astronomy nor any other science that looks to truth should be learned for any immediate practical purpose."

"Beautiful things are difficult because they require patience and effort."

"The mind of a wise person is the most precious jewel."

"Science is not about removing mystery but about deepening our wonder."

"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What philosophy to do with faith?"

"I am not ashamed of my intellect."

"The pursuit of truth requires freedom."

"Mathematics is the language of the universe."

"Astronomy demands your attention to the order of the heavens."

"We should not judge as final any opinions which are merely traditional."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

"To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing."

"The laws of nature are the thoughts of God."

"I wish that all educated persons were friends of truth."

"Enthusiasm is the power of devotion to a cause."

"The true sophist is one who admires what is false."

"The universe is eternal and infinite."

"My father educated me in mathematics and astronomy with great devotion."