"An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but it takes a genius to make a profound mistake."

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Source : Frank Wilczek (2009). “The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces”, p.16, Hachette UK

Frank Wilczek

#Mistake Quotes #Profound Quotes #Progress Quotes

“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.”
“Mathematics is being lazy. Mathematics is letting the principles do the work for you so that you do not have to do the work for yourself”
“A friend's only gift is himself.”
“It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.”
“Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
“I rocked the cradle of love.”

Source : Song: Rock The Cradle Of Love, Album: Charmed Life, 1990
“Discipleship' as a term has lost its content, and this is one reason why it has been moved aside. I've tried to redeem the idea of discipleship, and I think it can be done; you have to get it out of the contemporary mode.”
“Do they hate the idea of her, because she's different from them, and that in this difference there might be some sort of inferiority or superiority that is hers or theirs, that in the end threatens the potential happiness of everyone?”

Source : Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.90, Atlantic Books Ltd

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