Life Quotes - Page 81

Srinivasa Ramanujan was the strangest man in all of mathematics, probably in the entire history of science. He has been compared to a bursting supernova, illuminating the darkest, most profound corners of mathematics, before being tragically struck down by tuberculosis at the age of 33, like Riemann before him. Working in total isolation from the main currents of his field, he was able to rederive 100 years' worth of Western mathematics on his own. The tragedy of his life is that much of his work was wasted rediscovering known mathematics.

Who said nights were for sleep?

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

We have to understand - not justify - what gives rise to this tragedy. It's not because they're looking for beautiful virgins in heaven, as Orientalists portray it. Palestinian people are in love with life. If we give them hope - a political solution - they'll stop killing themselves.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

My God is none other than the people. Only the popular masses are omniscient and omnipotent and almighty on earth. Therefore my lifetime motto is: "The people are my God."

She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.

Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.