Shakuntala Devi Quotes

India, Writer
November 4, 1929 – April, 21, 2013.

Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.

Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.

Shakuntala Devi
Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.

Shakuntala Devi
- Life
- Numbers
- Paper

Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

Shakuntala Devi
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.

Shakuntala Devi
- Brain
- Body
- Cases
Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

Shakuntala Devi
- Life
- Degrees
- Absorbing
You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.

Shakuntala Devi
- Travel
- Humans
Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.

Shakuntala Devi
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.

Shakuntala Devi
- Book
- Girl
- Poor

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

Shakuntala Devi
- Thinking
- Relax
- Numbers