Gian Harlowe Quotes

You'll never be a seafarer if you think that way, my lord.

I don't want to be a seafarer.

Of course you don't. ~ Samantha Shannon

I have an interest in survival, Lord Arteloth. I recommend you nurture one, too. ~ Samantha Shannon

The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which. ~ Gian-Carlo Rota

Enlightenment, awakening or liberation can never be attained by seeking or desiring. It is realized only through experience. ~ Gian Kumar

Blessings are not known till they be lost. ~ Gian Giorgio Trissino

Do not surrender to any master; that would be slavery.
Surrender to yourself, for that would be victory. ~ Gian Kumar

Universal or quantum consciousness emphasizes that we are all interrelated, interconnected and interdependent. ~ Gian Kumar

I can sit on a chair with a score and give myself a wonderful performance. ~ Gian Carlo Menotti

Fate has blessed me. ~ Gian Carlo Menotti

The purpose of both, awareness and consciousness, is to lead us towards this path of Oneness. ~ Gian Kumar

There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology. ~ Gian-Carlo Rota

A dependent mind is not free, and without freedom, enlightenment is impossible. ~ Gian Kumar

In order to love others, we have to love ourselves deeply enough, to be able to forgive ourselves and become responsible, with self respect and dignity. This self love is Divine Love, for oneself and for all. ~ Gian Kumar

Purpose in life should be that your inner wealth is able to outshine your external wealth. ~ Gian Kumar

Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones. ~ Gian-Carlo Rota

Going beyond thoughts is merely to reduce the multiplicity of your thought.
Thoughts lead to words, words to language, language to action.
Action to realization, and back again to thoughts.
For the mind is made up of words, language and logic, until it dissolves into consciousness. ~ Gian Kumar

Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere. ~ Gian-Carlo Rota

We are not God- loving people; we are God-fearing people;
As long as fear exists, religion and rituals will prevail. ~ Gian Kumar

The apex of mathematical achievement occurs when two or more fields which were thought to be entirely unrelated turn out to be closely intertwined. Mathematicians have never decided whether they should feel excited or upset by such events. ~ Gian-Carlo Rota

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ~ Frank Gehry

That's one small step for a man ... but a really big step ... for a baby. ~ Harlowe Pilgrim

How did he do it? He must be a genius! ~ Gian-Carlo Rota

Food is everything.
It provides energy and strength to the elemental self;
With knowing self; evolving side by side. ~ Gian Kumar

Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with Patience, builds up Chastity, is like the columns that sustain the four corners of a house. For it was that same Love which planted a glorious garden redolent with precious herbs and noble flowers-roses and lilies-which breathed forth a wondrous fragrance, that garden on which the true Solomon was accustomed to feast his eyes. ~ Gian Carlo Menotti

There are three reasons why I live in Scotland. First, I like silence, and you have to be a millionaire to buy silence in Italy. Second, I like cold weather. Third, in Italy I have too many relatives and know too many people, so I never get a quiet time. ~ Gian Carlo Menotti

When man manages his intellect and steadies his mind,
He discovers the all-pervading Self. ~ Gian Kumar

The degree of Spiritual growth is directly proportionate to the degree of personal freedom; your very own individuality. ~ Gian Kumar

Do whatever you do, from eating fast food to living with mobile phones,
But always question the way in which you do.
Pause, look and see before doing,
Because there are many who would want you to blindly follow what they do. ~ Gian Kumar

Self is one, personal and impersonal.
But it is only on the personal level that one comes to know the Self.
When you know the Self, you realize there are two types of knowledge.
First is to know how to exist and second is to know the all-pervading spirit. ~ Gian Kumar

Mind gives us an existence in duality; Spirituality gives us the knowledge in non-duality. Unless we narrow this gap, we will never experience the ultimate reality. ~ Gian Kumar

Language and Knowledge have certain limitations; they can go only up to a certain point, for beyond that lies reality. ~ Gian Kumar

Peace is experienced when we accepts all the situations without any resistance whether good or bad. ~ Gian Kumar

if I can't change the world," he told her, "I will change the way people look at it. ~ Gian Andrea