Mathematics is the art of explanation.

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

SIMPLICIO: ... You have to [learn to] walk before you can run.SALVIATI: No, you have to have something you want to run toward.

It is the story that matters not just the ending.

I don't see how it's doing society any good to have it's members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams, and clear memories of hating them.

But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.

If a politician wins in a dirty way at election, he will sat in position and works with corruption.

Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

Whoever knows himself knows God.

Photography, too, reduces the world to strips and rectangles; photographers scrutinize the surfaces of reality in hope of unlocking the potential for significance that is latent within them.

The memories seem like snapshots from someone else’s life.

Elegance in objects is everybody’s right, and it shouldn’t cost more than ugliness.

mistakes are really not that big of a deal. in fact , as most of us acknowledge we need to make mistakes in order to learn and grow

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

I like to go and do something adventurous. I like to go out and do some sort of crazy activity.