"Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe."
Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. "

Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work. "

-Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, and writer

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."

Will Durant, historian (1885-1981)