"We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori."

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Source : Letter to Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1830.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

#Humility Quotes #Math Quotes #Reality Quotes

“We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.”
“We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water.”
“The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment.”
“Puddleglum's my name. But it doesn't matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again.”
“It's not just about being small, it's about doing more with less.”
“What a wonderful contribution our grandmothers and grandfathers can make if they will share some of the rich experiences and their testimonies with their children and grandchildren.”
“But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.”

Source : "Liam Fox says Labour economic policies were national security liability" by Helene Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2010.
“The goals and expectations that people have for me are pretty high, but ... if I were to have to compare their expectations to mine, I would say mine are ten times higher.”

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