Alex Burger

“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.”

–Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician

“‘Obvious’ is the most dangerous word in mathematics.”

–Eric Temple Bell, Scottish mathematician

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

–Langston Hughes

“If we opt to mute the voices of the present and those who lived long ago, then the residue of the past is bound to be inherited by our future.”

–Malika J. Stevely

“Love is easy, like is the hard part.”

–Dr. Ramani Durvasula

“Love is a decision – not an emotion!”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.”

–James Baldwin

“To understand the limitation of things, desire them.”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching