Inspired by the list of quotes collected by Paul Graham, I decided to start collecting quotes myself. Incidentally, some quotes would be given in Russian or Kazakh languages.
#005
MANHOOD:
“A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.” “It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” “All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.” “Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
Date: August 2025
#004
“Every theoretical physicist who is any good knows six or seven different theoretical representations for exactly the same physics. He knows that they are all equivalent, and that nobody is ever going to be able to decide which one is right at that level, but he keeps them in his head, hoping that they will give him different ideas for guessing.”
— Richard P. Feynman
Date: August 2025
#003
“Although all bases are equal mathematically, some are more equal than others”
— Ramamurti Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, p. 149
Date: August 2025
#002
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
In Russian: “Все животные равны, но некоторые животные более равны чем другие”
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
Date: August 2025
#001
In Kazakh: “Қайратты күнімде қазақты қиып бөтен жаққа кетпек түгіл, өзін жақсы көріп, үміт етіп жүріппін. Қашан әбден біліп, үмітімді үзген кезде, өзге жаққа барып, жатты өз қылып, үйір боларлық қайрат жалын сөніп те қалған екен. Сол себептен бір жүрген қуыс кеудемін” In Russian: “В молодые годы и не помышлял о том, что можно оставить свой народ, любил казахов всей душой, верил в них. Когда же довелось узнать людей, когда постепенно угасла моя надежда, обрнаружил: нет уже той силы, которая позволила бы покинуть родные края, породниться с чужими. Поэтому в груди у меня сейчас - пустота”
— Абай Құнанбайұлы
Date: August 2025