When A Philosopher Says Something That Is

Sophie Germain Proved To The World That Even A Woman Can Accomplish Something In The Most Rigorous And Abstract Of Sciences And For That Reason Would Well Have Deserved An Honorary Degree.

When I Have Clarified And Exhausted A Subject, Then I Turn Away From It, In Order To Go Into Darkness Again.

Mathematicians Stand On Each Other's Shoulders.

In My Opinion Instruction Is Very Purposeless For Such Individuals Who Do No Want Merely To Collect A Mass Of Knowledge, But Are Mainly Interested In Exercising (training) Their Own Powers. One Doesn't Need To Grasp Such A One By The Hand And Lead Him To The Goal, But Only From Time To Time Give Him Suggestions, In Order That He May Reach It Himself In The Shortest Way.

With A Thousand Joys I Would Accept A Nonacademic Job For Which Industriousness, Accuracy, Loyalty, And Such Are Sufficient Without Specialized Knowledge, And Which Would Give A Comfortable Living And Sufficient Leisure, In Order To Sacrifice To My Gods [mathematical Research]. For Example, I Hope To Get The Editting Of The Census, The Birth And Death Lists In Local Districts, Not As A Job, But For My Pleasure And Satisfaction.