Quotations VIII: The essence of mathematics
Our homeschool co-op classes are done for the semester, so this will be my last compilation of blackboard quotes for awhile. I love collecting quotations, however, so I will be treating you to some of my favorites “just for teachers” over the summer. Stay tuned!
It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
One’s work may be finished some day, but one’s education never.
—Alexandre Dumas
—[or perhaps, Alexandre Dumas?]
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
Where there is matter, there is geometry.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated but to make complicated things simple.
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