"It is only through the power of association that those of any calling exercise due influence in their communities."

-- Elihu Root

#Exercise Quotes #Community Quotes #Calling Quotes

“Mathematicians are proud of the fact that, generally, they do their work with a piece of chalk and a blackboard. They value hand-done proofs above all else. A big question in mathematics today is whether or not computational proofs are legitimate. Some mathematicians won't accept computational proofs and insist that a real proof must be done by the human hand and mind, using equations.”
“There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.”
“The Internet is the great highway of the modern communication, free and independent.”
“The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing science belonging to the future.”
“It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake.”

Source : Henry Lawson, Colin Arthur Roderick (1972). “Collected Prose: Autobiographical and other writings, 1887-1922”, Angus & Robertson
“In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.”
“Although teachers do care and do work very, very hard, the institution is psychopathic-it has no conscience. It rings a bell and the young man in the middle of writing a poem must close his notebook and move to a different cell where he must memorize that humans and monkeys derive from a common ancestor.”

Source : John Taylor Gatto, Thomas Moore (2013). “Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”, p.30, New Society Publishers
“I want to win a gold medal in London.”

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