"Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life."

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William Lyon Phelps

#Accomplishment Quotes #Increase Quotes #Interest Quotes

“Anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.”
“Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don't need a lot of money to be happy--in fact, the opposite.”
“De Morgan was explaining to an actuary what was the chance that a certain proportion of some group of people would at the end of a given time be alive; and quoted the actuarial formula, involving p [pi], which, in answer to a question, he explained stood for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. His acquaintance, who had so far listened to the explanation with interest, interrupted him and exclaimed, 'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'”

Source : W. W. Rouse Ball (2012). “A Short Account of the History of Mathematics”, p.395, Courier Corporation
“I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.”
“Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf.”
“In alchemical treatises, the formula L'Oeuvre au Noir ... designates what is said to be the most difficult phase of the alchemist's process, the separation and dissolution of substance. It is still not clear whether the term applied to daring experiments on matter itself, or whether it was understood to symbolize trials of the mind in discarding all forms of routine and prejudice. Doubtless it signified one or the other meaning alternately, or perhaps both at the same time.”
“The best user experiences are enchanting.Â They help the user enter an alternate reality, whether it's the world of making music, writing, sharing photos, coding, or managing a project.”
“Sometimes, when I'm feeling down because nothing seems to be going right, I like to take a home pregnancy test. Then I can say, Hey, at least I'm not pregnant”

Source : "Comedy Central Presents: Daniel Tosh". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.

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