Samuel Johnson Quotes

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language.

I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there.

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.

I love algebra. Love it.

Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.

Algebra applies to the clouds.

Algebra messed up one of those divisions between things that help you make sense of the world and keep it tidy. Letters make words; figures make numbers. They had no business getting tangled up together.

I say yes to the hot bath and the sandwich - to getting ourselves into the best possible mental shape to identify and then fight the necessary fights from the best possible mind-state: calm, loving, affectionate, precise. Not pushovers but also not zealots. With the idea in mind that "our enemies" are not our enemies; they might seem like that in their present form but that form can morph. We really are large, and really do contain multitudes. But I think it all has to start with a kindly presence of mind, and the aspiration to affection for others.

Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many others--almost as awesome!! But they merely exist!!

I saw sorrow turning into clarity.

Cam was so much clearer, easier to figure out. Like he was algebra and Daniel was calculus.

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate

Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?

My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost.

When you feel yourself in the grip of an emotion such as jealousy or anger or sorrow, detach yourself from it. Take a step back. When you do that, you can allow the emotion to run through you without causing negative thoughts or actions.

Only Numbers. Pure math. You have to accustom yourself to thinking that way.

Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

When you trance out properly, when you're completely in that world, there is no other world, so there's no conflict.

But I felt certain that if the world would stop indulging wars and famines and other perils, it would be possible for human beings to embarrass each other to death. Our self-destruction might take a little longer that way, but I believe it would be no less complete.

Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don't always represent a real situation.

Justice is not Healing. Healing cometh only by suffering and patience, and maketh no demand, not even for Justice. Justice worketh only within the bonds of things as they are... and therefore though Justice is itself good and desireth no further evil, it can but perpetuate the evil that was, and doth not prevent it from the bearing of fruit in sorrow.

Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy of mindfulness, we can calm things down, understand them, and bring harmony back to the conflicting elements inside us.

Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral