Leonhard Euler

"Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all."

"The beauty of a mathematical proof lies not in its length but in its elegance."

"Life is but a moment, yet mathematics is eternal."

"In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them."

"The greatest pleasure I have known has been to study mathematics."

"Nothing takes place in the world whose meaning is not that of some maximum or minimum."

"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul."

"Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the mind will never penetrate."

"Time flies faster than light."

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

"The study of mathematics is like climbing a mountain; the higher you climb, the wider the view."

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

"I am convinced that the human mind is capable of understanding the structure of the physical world."

"Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."

"In this work I have omitted nothing which is easy, and I have labored hard to clarify that which is difficult."

"The true test of a first-rate mind is the ability to hold two opposed ideas and still retain the ability to function."

"It is impossible not to be awed by the numbers; they constitute the greatest triumph of human reason."

"All paths lead to truth, though some are longer than others."

"The usefulness of a mathematical principle is determined not by its proof but by its applications."

"Genius is the ability to see connections where others see none."

"The gates of mathematics will forever remain closed to those who lack the courage to ask questions."

"Every number has a story to tell for those wise enough to listen."

"Life without mathematics is like a bird without wings."

"Perfection is achieved not when nothing more can be added, but when nothing more can be removed."

"The magnificent thing about science is that it continues to evolve with our understanding."

"A good friend is worth more than any mathematical theorem."

"Hope is the anchor of the soul, the stimulus to action, and the incentive to achievement."

"In the pursuit of knowledge, every moment of patience is rewarded with understanding."

"The heart of mathematics is its freedom."

"To understand is to perceive patterns."