"The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas which it connects."

-- G. H. Hardy

#Lying Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused”
“The schools of the country are its future in miniature.”

Source : Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”
“Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh.”
“All reluctance is a lack of confidence.”
“Everything that you want, you are already that.”
“If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation.”
“The waves of time wash us all clean.”

Source : "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who" ("Timelash: Part Two", 1985), www.imdb.com. (1963–1989).
“Most people spend less than 20 hrs a year learning about freedom, yet many wonder why it's in decline. Don't fight upstream. Instead, turn it around.”

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