"The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a Copernicus of all thought."

-- Eric Temple Bell

#Science Quotes #Impact Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously.”
“I'm too lazy and I like food and I like my free time too much to spend it working out!”
“Music is my biggest passion and Ive just been obsessed with it. Like, always.”
“I get that you're scared and that you've been hurt. But doing what is easy and safe is no way to live, and a life without passion and love is so far beneath what you deserve.”
“Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother was German and my maternal grandfather was Greek. The next time I fill out one of those forms I am going to check 'Other' and write in the truth about my racial and cultural heritage: 'African-Greek-German-American.' And proud of it.”
“My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.”
“actually, adv. Perhaps; possibly.”
“Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity.”

Source : Stephen Greenblatt (2011). “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”, p.86, W. W. Norton & Company

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