Rise above oneself and grasp the world.
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Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
ArchimedesArchimedes Man has always learned from past. After all, you can’t learn history in reverse.
ArchimedesArchimedes There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.
ArchimedesArchimedes Don’t disturb my circles!
ArchimedesArchimedes Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
ArchimedesArchimedes Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
ArchimedesArchimedes Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
ArchimedesArchimedes He who knows how to speak, knows also when.
ArchimedesArchimedes Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confused as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.
ArchimedesArchimedes Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
ArchimedesArchimedes Fellow, stand away from my diagram.
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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
Pema ChodronPema Chodron Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
Wilma RudolphWilma Rudolph air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie Dreams of our last night together left a tingling feeling like a splinter in my skin. I couldn’t grasp it, but the glorious pain sat brewing into my bones.
Emma LouiseEmma Louise Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.
Eckhart TolleEckhart Tolle Feel what it is that you need in your life. Listen to your body and grasp a better understanding.
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