Finite Difference Nodes

Famous quotes containing the words finite, difference and/or nodes:

“The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“There are characters which are continually creating collisions and nodes for themselves in dramas which nobody is prepared to act with them. Their susceptibilities will clash against objects that remain innocently quiet.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)