Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
ArchimedesThe centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.
ArchimedesHow many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!
ArchimedesMany people believe that the grains of sand are infinite in multitude ... Others think that although their number is not without limit, no number can ever be named which will be greater than the number of grains of sand. But I shall try to prove to you that among the numbers which I have named there are those which exceed the number of grains in a heap of sand the size not only of the earth, but even of the universe
Archimedes