"At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#Fundamentals Quotes #Laying Down Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.”

Source : "Fundamentals of Teaching Mathematics at University Level". Book by Benjamin Baumslag, 2000.
“The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what knowledge and skills we've cultivated. As with a painting in a gallery, the world has no meaning-no presence to be experienced-apart from our ability to engagement with it.”
“Don't stop. Keep right on going. Hitch up your trailer and go to Canada or down to Old Mexico. Head for Europe if you can afford it, or go to Mardi Gras. Go someplace you've heard about, where you can fish or hunt or collect rocks or just look up at the sky. Find out what's at the end of some country road. Go see what's over the next hill, and the one after that, and the one after that.”
“I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story.”

Source : "Interview", Volume 26, (p. 49), 1996.
“I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.”
“We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite and are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because he has neither extension nor limits.”
“No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.”
“It requires real strength to love Man. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should not.”

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