“Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.”
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Wise Quotes — page 187 of 916
“I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.”
“A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.”
“The superior man is never in anyone's way.”
“An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.”
“Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.”
“To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.”
“Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.”
“A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.”
“When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.”
“The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.”
“Watch your thoughts, they become words.”
“All my own small perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded.”
“Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.”
“To respond is positive, to react is negative.”
“Paris is the playwright's delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor's city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.”
“Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs.”
“If education is to develop human nature so that it may attain the object of its being, it must involve the exercise of judgment.”
“Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.”
“The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.”