"I studied mathematics which is the madness of reason."

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Source : Benjamin Moser (2009). “Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector”, p.77, Oxford University Press

Benjamin Moser

#Madness Quotes #Reason Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“Just because something is hard doesnâ€™t mean itâ€™s impossible.”

Source : Lysa TerKeurst (2012). “Unglued Devotional: 60 Days of Imperfect Progress”, p.9, Thomas Nelson
“Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.”
“Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we're mad at people, we're angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.”
“Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.”
“The saying "Getting there is half the fun" became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.”
“Everything is in constant flux on this earth. Nothing keeps the same unchanging shape, and our affections, being attached to things outside us, necessarily change and pass away as they do. Always out ahead of us or lagging behind, they recall a past which is gone or anticipate a future which may never come into being; there is nothing solid there for the heart to attach itself to. Thus our earthly joys are almost without exception the creatures of a moment...”
“The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.”

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