"It is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art."

-- J. W. N. Sullivan

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“Set goals for things you can control. In my case, I can't control the marks from the judges, but I can control how I train every day, and I can control my performance.”
“In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.”
“For every problem, there exists a solution...and at the very least...an opportunity.”
“A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: â€œWhom do you write for?â€ The question is, of course, a silly one, but I can give it a silly answer. Occasionally I come across a book which I feel has been written especially for me and for me only. Like a jealous lover I donâ€™t want anybody else to hear of it. To have a million such readers, unaware of each otherâ€™s existence, to be read with passion and never talked about, is the daydream, surely, of every author.”
“I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.”
“You must ask for what you really want.”
“Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.”

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“Men who sincerely abhorred the word Communism in the pursuit of common ends found that they were unable to distinguish Communists from themselvesâ€¦. For men who could not see that what they firmly believed was liberalism added up to socialism could scarcely be expected to see what added up to Communism. Any charge of Communism enraged them precisely because they could not grasp the differences between themselves and those against whom it was made.”

Source : Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.16, Regnery Publishing

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