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Quote by Benjamin Peirce

“What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.”

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Benjamin Peirce was an American mathematician born on April 4, 1809, and died on October 6, 1880. He made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical analysis, algebra, and mathematical physics. more

“I presume that to the uninitiated the formulae will appear cold and cheerless; but let it be remembered that, like other mathematical formulae, they find their origin in the divine source of all geometry. Whether I shall have the satisfaction of taking part in their exposition, or whether that will remain for some more profound expositor, will be seen in the future.”

Divine Source Cold Profound Satisfaction Mathematical Remembered Geometry

Author:Benjamin Peirce

“The branches of mathematics are as various as the sciences to which they belong, and each subject of physical enquiry has its appropriate mathematics. In every form of material manifestation, there is a corresponding form of human thought, so that the human mind is as wide in its range of thought as the physical universe in which it thinks.”

Thinking Mind Humans Form Universe Subjects Materials Mathematics Various Wide Range Manifestation Branches Appropriate Human Mind Corresponding Human Thought Enquiry

Author:Benjamin Peirce

“There are many cases of these algebras which may obviously be combined into natural classes, but the consideration of this portion of the subject will be reserved to subsequent researches.”

May Natural Class Cases Subjects Research Consideration Portions Reserved Algebra

Author:Benjamin Peirce

“Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.”

Persons States Simple Common Meditation Achievement Mindfulness Capable Average Contrary Familiar Mystical Average Person Great Achievement

Book:The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipaṭṭhāna : a Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, with an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali and Sanskrit

Source: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipaṭṭhāna : a Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, with an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali and Sanskrit

“Remember, just because Microsoft can do something, doesn't mean you can. Microsoft makes their own gravity. Normal rules don't apply to them.”

Mean Remember Can Do Normal Gravity Microsoft Can Do Something

Book:Joel on Software

Source: Joel on Software

“The secret of Big Macs is that they're not very good, but every one is not very good in exactly the same way.”

Way Bigs Secret Very Good Macs Big Mac

Author:Joel Spolsky

“People ridiculously overvalue aesthetics and beauty when evaluating products. It's one of the reasons iPods, and, for that matter, Keanu Reeves, are so successful.”

People Matter Reason Successful Products Aesthetics Ipods

Author:Joel Spolsky

“Full service brokers, in this day and age of low cost mutual funds and discount brokers, are really nothing more than machines for ripping off retail investors.”

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