When we do something good, people immediately follow it.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
The seeds from Ramanujan's garden have been blowing on the wind and have been sprouting all over the landscape. [On the stimulating effects of Ramanujan's mathematical legacy.]
'Ray of Light' changed my life. The whole album, but that song specifically, was just so life-changing and incredible for me.
When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.
Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
