Well, my special qualities are known to all. In this universe, the all important God is only One. In all fields of human activity, the best achiever is called Number One. One sun brings light to this world and every journey begins with the first, the most important step!’ said Number One.

— Shakuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi Quotes

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

— Shakuntala Devi

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

— Shakuntala Devi
School

You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.

— Shakuntala Devi

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

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

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

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

— Shakuntala Devi

Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.

— Shakuntala Devi

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

— Shakuntala Devi

From anger results delusion, from delusion results confusion of memory... ’ Not only anger, but a scroll of other unhappy emotions can fog your mind: fear, depression, self-pity, envy, grief, hatred, restlessness, anxiety.

— Shakuntala Devi

It is important to approach Maths only in a spirit of curiosity and discovery...

— Shakuntala Devi

Well, my special qualities are known to all. In this universe, the all important God is only One. In all fields of human activity, the best achiever is called Number One. One sun brings light to this world and every journey begins with the first, the most important step!’ said Number One.

— Shakuntala Devi
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