It is not knowledge, but the act of lear... by Carl Friedrich Gauss | We Heart Quotes

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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

Other quotes by Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematicians

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

Conviction

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

May Men

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

Darkness

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

Humility

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

God

God does arithmetic.

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

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