"One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories."

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Source : Philip J. Davis, William G. Chinn (1985). “3.1416 and all that”, Birkhauser

Philip J. Davis

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“Books that recount ordeals are precious because an ordeal is what we most fear, and the stories that tell us how to survive them reassure us about what a human being is capable of, as we survive our own lives every day, our own mysterious journeys.”
“If you can imagine missing feeling sad, it's the only thing worse than pain.”
“I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.”
“The longer I live, the more deeply am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one person and another-between the weak and the powerful, the great and the insignificant-is energy-invisible determination.”
“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.”
“A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.”
“Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in midlife, dismissed in old age, and reconsidered in death. Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst, we do all we can do destroy it.”
“Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.”

Source : Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.2823, e-artnow

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