Carl Friedrich Gauss Quotes About Giving

• In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but are mainly interested in exercising (training) their own powers. One doesn't need to grasp such a one by the hand and lead him to the goal, but only from time to time give him suggestions, in order that he may reach it himself in the shortest way.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Education, Exercise, Science

• With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would give a comfortable living and sufficient leisure, in order to sacrifice to my gods [mathematical research]. For example, I hope to get the editting of the census, the birth and death lists in local districts, not as a job, but for my pleasure and satisfaction.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Loyalty, Jobs, Science

• I am giving this winter two courses of lectures to three students, of which one is only moderately prepared, the other less than moderately, and the third lacks both preparation and ability. Such are the onera of a mathematical profession.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Education, Winter, Science

• To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more of my time than I like. Meanwhile I hope that the second time this expenditure of time will be much less, otherwise I would never be able to reconcile myself to it, even practical (astronomical) work must give far more satisfaction than if one brings up to B a couple more mediocre heads which otherwise would have stopped at A.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Education, Couple, Winter

• ¿Le produce el mismo placer que antes la búsqueda de la verdad? Seguramente no es el saber sino el aprender, no el poseer sino el adquirir, no el estar sino el llegar lo que proporciona la mayor satisfacción. Si he agotado algo, lo dejo para adentrarme de nuevo en la oscuridad. Así es ese hombre insaciable tan extraño: cuando ha completado una estructura no es para morar en ella cómodamente, sino para empezar otra.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Oscuridad, Hombres, Orden

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