"The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language."

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Marcus du Sautoy

#Motivation Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Language Quotes

“If you lack vulnerability then you are not being truthful to yourself.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.
“An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time”
“The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.”
“It's a recipe for disaster.”
“Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.”

Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (2008). “Metaphors We Live By”, p.3, University of Chicago Press
“Some people take no mental exercise apart from jumping to conclusions.”
“Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!”
“The only boring people I know are bored people.”

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