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John Forbes Nash was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 for his work on game theory. Nash's work has provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decision-making inside complex systems found in everyday life. Following is our collection on famous quotes by John Forbes Nash on love.

I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found. — John Forbes Nash

Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity. — John Forbes Nash

People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better. — John Forbes Nash

Rationality of thought imposes a limit on a person's concept of his relation to the cosmos. — John Forbes Nash

I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium and symptoms of schizophrenia. — John Forbes Nash

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world. — John Forbes Nash

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives. — John Forbes Nash

It's better to be dead, or even perfectly well, than to suffer from the wrong affliction. The man who owns up to arthritis in a beri-beri year is as lonely as a woman in a last month's dress. — John Forbes Nash

Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person. — John Forbes Nash

Nowadays we can do computer experiments using Mathematica, and even solve a system of 42 equations. This offers another route to knowledge, rather than mere ideas. — John Forbes Nash

Gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation. This began, most recognizably, with the rejection of politically-oriented thinking as essentially a hopeless waste of intellectual effort. — John Forbes Nash

As you will find in multivariable calculus, there is often a number of solutions for any given problem. — John Forbes Nash

...the staff at my university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later all of Boston were behaving strangely towards me. ...I started to see crypto-communists everywhere. ...I started to think I was a man of great religious importance, and to hear voices all the time. I began to hear something like telephone calls in my head, from people opposed to my ideas. ...The delirium was like a dream from which I seemed never to awake. — John Forbes Nash

I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I would become a therapist and a leader in terms of mental illness. But I'm not in the position. — John Forbes Nash

Life Lessons by John Forbes Nash

1. John Forbes Nash's work has shown us the importance of perseverance and dedication in the pursuit of success. He overcame great personal and professional adversity to become one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century.
2. He also demonstrated the power of collaboration and teamwork, as his most famous work was accomplished in partnership with his colleagues.
3. Finally, he showed us the value of taking risks and being willing to challenge conventional wisdom in order to make groundbreaking discoveries.