Karl Friedrich Gauss quotes and words of wisdom

"While working, when informed that his wife is dying: Ask her to wait a moment ? I am almost done."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Finally, two days ago, I succeeded ? not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning, the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible."
Found in the topic Government.

"God does arithmetic."
Found in the topic Arithmetic.

"I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them."
Found in the topic Solution.

"If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries."
Found in the topic Mathematics.

Interesting Quotes

Reality is that which refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.Phillip K. Dick

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.Carl Jung - Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961)