Terence Tao Quotes

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own..

At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.

And I don't have to listen to a sermon to know what to think or feel about them. It's almost as if I absorbed completely what mattered most to me, and the rest could go.

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.

I have to feel myself doing what's right. If I'm the arbiter of that instead of letting the guy on TV be that or someone who doesn't know me at all, then I think that's a much better way to live.

Rebellion is not always the right thing. Following the rules is not always the right thing. You have to think for yourself and identify the things that do not work for you.

Because the truth is, nobody knows what's best for you better than you do. You have to really sit still and ask yourself: What do I want? Does this feel right? What should I do? I realized I had to go back and do what I had always done. Listening to my gut was just as important as listening to the advice of others, and only I knew what was best for me.

No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself is more authoritative than what comes to you externally, even if it comes from God. Since the Fall, it has been part of our character to look within ourselves.

You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.

Trusting your gut is always the best thing - no matter what people around you insist you should be doing or saying or thinking. Only you know and once you live in truth, your heart is completely free.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively.

You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

If you're just a follower, you never know why you are doing something. Then you can't know if something is good or not. How would you know that what you thought is right, if you didn't think it?