As quoted in Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times (1972) p. 1153.
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all be vegetarian.”
Variant: If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
“One night comes suddenly, I will add your kingdom to my empire.”
Source: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)
“Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol. 72, p. 39
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
2005-09, Address at Stanford University (2005)
Context: Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don’t settle.
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
Interview with Research Fellow Maryam Mirzakhani | january 2008
A Spanish politician in a political meeting said it for the first time and attributed to Bismarck https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Discusi%C3%B3n:Otto_von_Bismarck
Misattributed
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
“Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.”
Variant: Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
Source: The Rommel Papers (1953), Ch. XI : The Initiative Passes, p. 244.
“It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.”
Variant: It is easier to build strong men, than to repair broken ones.
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
