Sophie Germain

Prejudice is the enemy of progress, in science as in society.

The contemplation of necessary truths is the highest form of human freedom.

I have walked alone on a path lit only by the lamp of reason.

The harmony of numbers is the music of reason.

To be a stranger in one's own time is the fate of the pioneer.

The solution of a great problem often comes from a change of perspective.

The true method of discovery is like the flight of an eagle: it rises high to see far.

Courage in the face of obscurity is the mathematician's virtue.