Active Quote by Richard Courant

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements…

— Richard Courant

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements…

— Richard Courant

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

By all means attend to your duties. Action, in which you are not emotionally involved and which is beneficial and does not cause suffering…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“In the consciousness that another mind reflects your thought, you find the keenest satisfaction. Here is the high office of a friend, and in…

— Samuel McChord Crothers

For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?

— Richard Courant

Charity is the filthiest invention of the human mind: first you steal what belongs to everyone; then you use the law and various other…

— U.G. Krishnamurti

Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what…

— Angela Merkel

Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring…

— Rajneesh

It is certain that every class is interested in [educational] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country…

— James Madison

“But I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Whatever the Party holds to…

— George Orwell

“The more that the human mind is enlightened, the more desirous it becomes of farther acquisitions in knowledge. The”

— Alexander Stewart