Sooraj Naga

“What you learn from others you can use to follow.
What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.”
― Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

“Our greatest pleasure consists in being admired; but those who admire us, even if they have every reason to do so, are slow to express their sentiments. Hence, he is the happiest man who, no matter how, manages sincerely to admire himself — so long as other people leave him alone.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

“Beware of finding what you're looking for.

[A favorite aphorism he often used.]”
― Richard Hamming

“I need to discuss science vs. engineering. Put glibly:
In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it.
In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it.”
― Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn