Turtle Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 the mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. ~ aristotle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 "Quapropter bono christiano, sive mathematici, sive quilibet impie divinantium, maxime dicentes vera, cavendi sunt, ne consortio daemoniorum animam deceptam, pacto quodam societatis irretiant." Augustinus (De genesis ad literam, Liber 2, Caput XVII, Nr. 37) :eek_big: Translation (and nice quotes) heremathematical quoteseg"5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions."Board in Danby, NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 where there are mountains and forests, defiles and ravines, swamps and wetlands, and places difficult to pass, this is called difficult ground. ... on difficult ground, press on. ~ sun tzu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Something, calls to me,The trees are drawing me near, I've got to find out why?Those gentle voices I hear, explain it all with a sigh.moody blues:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 where one can come and go, this is called open ground. ...on open ground, do not become separated.:hyper:~ sun tzu ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. h.d. thoreau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 a tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~:hyper: unattested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 :)cold! if the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death. ~ mark twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I found evolution more magnificent than Eden; I found it more wonderful to be a rising ape than a falling angel.Terry Pratchett (on reading Darwin). I found evolution more magnificent than Eden; I found it more wonderful to be a rising ape that a falling angel.typo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.a. adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 not all who wander are losttolkien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. ~ Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him. a. solzehnitsyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 when my cats aren't happy, i'm not happy. not because i care about their mood but because i know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even. ~ percy bysshe shelley Boerseun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 the task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate desertsc.s. lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 study the brickwork, study the fortification;climb the ancient staircase to the terrace;study how it is made; from the terrace seethe planted and fallow fields, the ponds and orchards.~ gilgamesh ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 one who is prepared and waits for the unprepared will be victorious. ~ sun tzu ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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