"What binds us to space-time is our rest mass, which prevents us from flying at the speed of light, when time stops and space loses meaning. In a world of light there are neither points nor moments of time; beings woven from light would live "nowhere" and "nowhen"; only poetry and mathematics are capable of speaking meaningfully about such things."

-- IU?. I. Manin

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“It's easier to have a go at something again when you failed at it as you've got nowt to lose.”
“You learn about gratitude by giving. You learn about humility by receiving, and in the pecking order of human qualities, I'd probably put humility somewhere before gratitude.”

Source : Jean Harris (1993). “Marking Time”, Zebra Books
“Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to being instantly accessible to everyone at all times, and it is the person who refuses to be on call, rather than the importunate caller, who is considered rude.”
“Look for the seams (on a knuckleball) and then hit in-between them.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In God's eyes, the greatest heroes of faith are not those who achieve prosperity, success, and power in this life, but those who treat life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully, expecting their promised reward in eternity.”
“Autism isn't something a person has, or a shell that a person is trapped inside. There's no normal child hidden behind the autism. Autism is a way of being. It is pervasive; it colors every experience, every sensation, perception, thought, emotion and encounter - every aspect of existence. It is not possible to separate the autism from the person â€“ and if it were possible, the person you'd have left would not be the same person you started with.”
“Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.”

Source : James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1909). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”
“It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to read might have been spared in my education, for I never read.”

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