Quotes

Below are some of my favorite quotes, also hidden somewhere on my facebook...

...la mathématique est l'art de donner le même nom à des choses différentes. - Henri Poincaré (While poetry is the art of assigning different names to the same thing, which sometimes applies to maths as well.)

Power corrupts, but enables.

What wakes you up in the morning shall be your dream, not the alarm. (is this a curse or an inspirational saying?)

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why is the scarecrow invited to TED for a speech? because he is outstanding in his field.

Keep cool. Never freeze. --mayonnaise

If you love anything but only get troubles, either stop or love a whole lot more --modified from Col. Potter M*A*S*H*

清净由自己,何能由他净? --(南传)法句经165自己品第十二 Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another. -- Dhammapada-Attavagga

"Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." -- Douglas Adams

"Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” -- Dr. Seuss

cynicism is the worst gift of intellect.

There are no bad ideas ... only good ideas that go horribly wrong. - - Jack Donaghy, ‘30 Rock’

if you are pessimistic enough, everything would be hilarious

Beautiful things don't ask for attention. -- James Thurber, "the secret Life of Walter Mitty"

I judge people by their principles, not by my own. -- MLK

兼以易别,爱无差等。 兼相爱,交相利。-- 墨子

小心碰头(watch your head) carefully meet

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. But it's the kind of marathon where you have to sprint. -- David O'Doherty