Archimedes Quotes

Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Eureka! I have found it!

Do not disturb my circles.

I think, therefore I am.

The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

The more we know, the more we realize how little we know.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I would teach you how to fit the whole world into a single cup.

There is nothing new under the sun.

The deeper you go, the higher you rise.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.

Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

The gods sell all things at a fair price.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The wise are instructed by reason, the ordinary by experience, the stupid by necessity, and the brute by instinct.

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections, and the truth of imagination.

Archimedes Quotes part 2

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

There are things that are I do not know, but there are also things that I am confident that I do know.

Change in things is constant and the unchangeable is what we cannot handle.

I will still make discoveries even from the grave.

Give me a fixed point and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.

Hope always inspires effort.

It is certain that I am ignorant.

When I touch a body, I will know its center of gravity.

The screw is nothing but a mathematically precise form.

I have found it, I have found it!

Our world is slowly dying, and we are the cause.

Nature is inexhaustible in its grandeur.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Give me a place to stand and I will move the world.

The starry sky is the only limit to our knowledge.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

It is not possible to resist an irresistible force.

Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.

A single idea can change everything.

The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more receptive minds.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.