“Doubt is most often the source of our powerlessness. To doubt is to be faithless, to be without hope or belief. When we doubt, our self-talk sounds like this: 'I don't think I can. I don't think I will.'... To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome. It is to believe in the perverseness of the universe, that even if I do well, something I don't know about will get in the way, sabotage me, or get me in the end.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayBelieveWellsI CanEndsSelfMotivationalUniverseBeliefSoundDoubtWorstSourceOutcomesHave FaithPowerlessnessWithout HopeSabotageSelf TalkFaithlessPerverseness Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
“Like musicians who can read and write complicated scores in a world without sounds, for us mathematics is a source of delight, excitement, and even controversy which are hard to share with non mathematicians. In our small micro-cosmos we should ever seek the right balance between competition and solidarity, criticism and empathy, exclusion and inclusion.” WorldShouldWritingHardScienceSoundShareSourceBalanceMusicianEmpathyCriticismMathematicsCompetitionDelightComplicatedExcitementScoreCosmosInclusionMathematicianSolidarityControversyExclusion Author:Gil Kalai
“Great master Lao Tzu says that 'The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.' Giving is indeed a very good source of happiness! One of the best treasures a man can give to someone is a good and sound idea; because birds can ascend into the sky only with wings, and men, only with good and sound ideas!” MenGivingDoeIdeasHappinessSoundSkyMastersSourceBirdWingsVery GoodPossessionTreasureSource Of HappinessLaosLao Tzu Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the people involved in that story world. I am an intuitive writer and an image, sound, experience can all inspire a scene or a plot twist!” PeopleWorldStoriesInspirationSoundInspireSourceInvolvedSceneResearchMeetingsPlotVolunteerTwistsIntuitiveSource Of InspirationPlot Twists Author:Mary Alice Monroe