“Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.”

Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.

I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.

There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.

Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.

Nonetheless, it moves.

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.

The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.

It is our sacred duty to recognize the unending and immeasurable sacrifices our military families make in support of their loved ones and for our country.

The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance.

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

The heights of the earth don’t even begin to measure up to how much the creator of this universe loves you.

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing.