Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics
As quoted in The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us (MIT Press) 2013 by Yanofsky, Noson S
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012), Chapter 22 (p. 490)
Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics
As quoted in The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us (MIT Press) 2013 by Yanofsky, Noson S
“Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them.”
Théodore Guérin (1798–1856) Catholic saint and nun from France
Letter to Sisters at Saint Mary's, 1848.
Context: Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.
“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“All of us wish we had an Alice. I wish I had an Alice.”
Ann B. Davis (1926–2014) American actress
(Referring to her character on The Brady Bunch) in People magazine in 1992
“Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.”
Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker
Source: Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Rollo May book Love and Will
Source: Love and Will (1969), Ch. 10 : Intentionality in Therapy, p. 265