Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Mathematics is one of the surest ways for a man to feel the power of thought and the magic of the spirit. Mathematics is one of the eternal truths and, as such, raises the spirit to the same level on which we feel the presence of God.
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In India, I learned a proverb that says, 'Distrust the calculation seven times over, the mathematician a hundred times.'
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'Without the help of mathematics,' the wise man continued, 'the art could not advance and all the sciences would perish.'
-- Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza
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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
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The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit.
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The whole of mathematics consists in the organization of a series of aids to the imagination in the process of reasoning.
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Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.
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No one man is superior to the game.
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Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
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For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.
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To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.
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