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Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.
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Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.
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If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.
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Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
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I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.
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Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
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Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.
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You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.
Shakuntala Devi