“If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand. Again and again, when I have been at a loss how to proceed, I have just had to wait until I have felt the mathematics led me by the hand. It has led me along an unexpected path, a path where new vistas open up, a path leading to new territory, where one can set up a base of operations, from which one can survey the surroundings and plan future progress.” IfsHas BeensHandsFeltWaitingLossPathProgressPlansMathematicsHumbleOperationsUnexpectedTerritoryAgain And AgainSurroundingsSurveysReceptiveVistasNew TerritoryFuture Progress Author:Paul Dirac
“For every woman who's ever wondered about the path not taken, Fenton and Steinke mine—with tremendous humor and insight—the mixed blessing of unexpected second chances.” ChancePathTakenMinesBlessingInsightUnexpectedSecond Chance Author:Emma McLaughlin
“Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.” CultureFoundGrowsChancePleasureGrowing UpPathFlowerSeedsUnexpectedSparksGladness Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Adventurer and Idler Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Adventurer and Idler