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Halmos Quotes & Sayings

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When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives. — Iyanla Vanzant

So many people fail to realise that the greatest journey one can ever take is the journey to the very centre of one's being. — Susan Howatch

A smooth lecture ... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant. — Paul Halmos

The little things are most worthwhile- a quiet word, a look, a smile. — Margaret Lindsay

You are allowed to lie a little, but you must never mislead. — Paul Halmos

This was no choice. He hadn't chosen this. This ... . Todd grinned. This had chosen him! — Anonymous

You kind of need to weed through who is wanting to be a true friend. — AJ Michalka

This is not very important what I'm doing. I'm just proving something. — Richard P. Feynman

The library is the mathematician's laboratory. — Paul Halmos

It saddens me that educated people don't even know that my subject exists. — Paul Halmos

My heart for yours — Rachel Van Dyken

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better. — Sidney Poitier

The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites. — Paul Halmos

Let your tears fall freely like a quenching rain.
Let go of the fear and don't harbour the blame. — Natalie Ducey

The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. — Ernesto Che Guevara

When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask. — Paul Halmos

The heart of mathematics is its problems. — Paul Halmos

It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts. — Paul Halmos

Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics just as anteaters will always need ants. — Paul Halmos

I try to use public transport, always. — Theo James

To be a scholar of mathematics you must be born with talent, insight, concentration, taste, luck, drive and the ability to visualize and guess. — Paul Halmos

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. — Epictetus

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. — Paul Halmos

I read once that the true mark of a pro - at anything - is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the drudgery of his profession. — Paul Halmos

A clever graduate student could teach Fourier something new, but
surely no one claims that he could teach Archimedes to reason
better. — Paul Halmos

The best way to learn is to do; the worst way to teach is to talk. — Paul Halmos

I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond. — Cat Power

I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals. — Susan Orlean

The computer is important, but not to mathematics. — Paul Halmos

Feller was an ebullient man, who would rather be wrong than undecided. — Paul Halmos

It was quite an honour when 'New Woman' magazine voted me 88th sexiest man in the world. I think I was one in front of David Cameron. — Robert Webb

Mathematics - this may surprise or shock some - is never deductive in creation. — Paul Halmos