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"Nature uses as little as possible of anything." "A fresh assault overcame the darkness of my reason..." "There is a force in the earth which causes the moon to move." "I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." "I used to measure the heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. Although my mind was heaven-bound, the shadow of my body lies here." "Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to humans is one of the reasons that humanity is the image of God." "Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel." "Since geometry is co-eternal with the divine mind before the birth of things, God himself served as his own model in creating the world (for what is their in God which is not God?), and he with his own image reached down to humanity." "We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment."
Compiled by Thomas George
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