"Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science which have been by slow degrees vouchsafed to man, and are still granted in these latter times by the Differential Calculus, now superseded by the Higher Algebra, all of which must have existed in that sublimely omniscient Mind from eternity."

Source : Kathryn A. Neeley, Mary Somerville (2001). “Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination, and the Female Mind”, p.180, Cambridge University Press

Mary Somerville

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“It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible.”

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“One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome”

Source : Murasaki Shikibu (1935). “Blue trousers. The lady of the boat. The bridge of dreams”
“Admittedly, repentance is not always easy; I suppose it would not be true repentance if it were. It can also take a longer time than we think or hope. There can be missteps along the way, when we falter or lose heart, but we can reset our course and move forward again, even if it is only one small step at a time. As well as praying for forgiveness, we can also plead for courage, and it will come. If we do so, steady but surely, we will rise from the miry depths of sin and emerge into the sunny uplands of forgiveness and hope.”
“It does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white - what's the word - feeble minority. It's losing its majority status. And it says, the Republican Party, 'We can only get so many white votes. So, we got to reduce the votes of others.' It does look that way. Only the - maybe you're non-partisan, but only Republicans have pushed this in these 31 states. No Democratic legislature. You gotta look at the pattern here. You talk about profiling. I'm sorry, Republicans do this stuff.”

Source : "The Top 20 Worst Chris Matthews Quotes Calling Obama Critics Racist" by Geoffrey Dickens, www.newsbusters.org. November 7, 2013.
“People get careless when they're feeling safe.”
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.”
“One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.”
“The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.”

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