"We humans have a wide range of abilities that help us perceive and analyze mathematical content. We perceive abstract notions not just through seeing but also by hearing, by feeling, by our sense of body motion and position. Our geometric and spatial skills are highly trainable, just as in other high-performance activities. In mathematics we can use the modules of our minds in flexible ways - even metaphorically. A whole-mind approach to mathematical thinking is vastly more effective than the common approach that manipulates only symbols."

-- William Thurston

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“This is my time, this is my hour, This is my pain, this is my name, this is my power. If it's my reign, then it's my shower, This pole position...I made a lane 'cause they blocked ours.”

Source : Song: King Push, Album: My Name Is My Name, 2013
“...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central cor to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact - to borrow from the language of the saints -to live 'in grace' as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony...”

Source : "Gift from the Sea". Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955.
“I'm always surprised when I read a story that's reported from a great distance.”

Source : "From captivity to classroom". Interview with Christina Pazzanese, news.harvard.edu. September 12, 2016.
“The Commonwealth is a mixture of developing and developed world, in which the developed countries were very influential and their policies hold sway most of the time.”

Source : Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealthoralhistories.org. May 12, 2014.
“A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he's clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.”
“Finding mechanisms for putting carbon back into landscapes enhances biodiversity. More biodiverse ecosystems store more carbon, more securely and are more resilient to the impacts of climate change.”
“How can you fail a test you aren't allowed to prepare for?”
“The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions.”

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