Piet Hein: Finding

Piet Hein was Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet. Explore interesting quotes on finding.

Piet Hein: 74 quotes4 likes

“Those
that are looking
for nothing — will find it.”

Look And Thou Shalt Find
Grooks
Context: Foes
of what's cooking
see no worth behind it.
Those
that are looking
for nothing — will find it.

“True wisdom knows
it must comprise
some nonsense
as a compromise,
lest fools should fail
to find it wise.”

Lest Fools Should Fail
Grooks

“Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,
and you're hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No — not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you're passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you're hoping”

A Psychological Tip
Grooks

“Losing one glove
is certainly painful,
but nothing
compared to the pain,
of losing one,
throwing away the other,
and finding
the first one again.”

Consolation Grook, his first grook, published in Politiken (April 1940) as translated in Grooks (1966)
Grooks