Th I Gian Quotes & Sayings

The material world claims, 'I am what I think', whereas spiritualism says, 'I am, therefore I think'. — Gian Kumar

Music is ... a form of remembering, a return to the seasons of the heart long gone. — Gian Carlo Menotti

Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it's a very competitive field, almost as bad as being a concert pianist. — Gian-Carlo Rota

God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that. — Gian Carlo Menotti

Positive or negative- use your mind to respect;
Surrender and accept both as one. — Gian Kumar

A dependent mind is not free, and without freedom, enlightenment is impossible. — Gian Kumar

To carry on war, three things are necessary: money, money, and yet more money. — Gian Giacomo Trivulzio

Truth lies in the now; it can only be experienced. — Gian Kumar

The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my fifties I felt a need of being needed. — Gian Carlo Menotti

Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere. — Gian-Carlo Rota

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. — Frank Gehry

The Greeks said the artist doesn't actually have to travel and look around. You stay where God has put you, and you dig as deep as you can. This is what I've done. — Gian Carlo Menotti

The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which. — Gian-Carlo Rota

The purpose of my writing, whatever I write, is not what may be right or wrong;
But for when I leave this body, my writings should remain that others may share. — Gian Kumar

This is your work now, Gian had thought, strewing death about him, but only live and some day, home again, turn your hand to something better, and in Sea-john life will be good, and safe, and full of love. — Kai Ashante Wilson

The idea of #God is just a path and a process;
To realize that you and Him are one. — Gian Kumar

Everything is conceptual, designed and created by man to differentiate between the eternal and the ephemeral. — Gian Kumar

The ultimate reality is that God is One. We all live existentially in that oneness of all. — Gian Kumar

I rebelled against the idea of the artist being what I call the 'after-dinner mint' of society. I didn't want them to be just the entertainers, but rather part of the community - the bread, not only the dessert. — Gian Carlo Menotti

Mathematicians also make terrible salesmen. Physicists can discover the same thing as a mathematician and say 'We've discovered a great new law of nature. Give us a billion dollars.' And if it doesn't change the world, then they say, 'There's an even deeper thing. Give us another billion dollars.' — Gian-Carlo Rota

I am That is the supreme knowledge;
The understanding and experience of which dissolves everything,
Leading you towards completion. — Gian Kumar

People ask me whether I'm religious. Well, in a certain way, I am. — Gian Carlo Menotti

I have a heart problem, so I have to simplify my life and be content with memories and friends and music. — Gian Carlo Menotti

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite. — Gian-Carlo Rota

Lord! Give me that intelligence, so I may realize the Self.
Give me spiritual riches, so I may learn better to share.
Give me that knowledge, where pupils come from everywhere,
So I may serve better. — Gian Kumar

In existence you are body and mind, but in absolute you dissolve.
In existence there is sorrow; in absolute there is bliss.
In existence there is change; in absolute there is reality.
In existence you are known; in absolute you are energy
In existence you are thought, in absolute total awareness.
In existence you are matter, in absolute you are pure Spirit. — Gian Kumar

The purpose of both, awareness and consciousness, is to lead us towards this path of Oneness. — Gian Kumar

There is no doubt that every single body cell is influenced by the way we think and feel. — Gian Kumar

Mind is designed mainly to seek within its own parameters of knowing in self-interest. — Gian Kumar

Experience is beyond knowledge, words and speech.
It is experience which shows us the real meaning of life. — Gian Kumar