Shakuntala Devi quotes:

I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.

I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language.

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

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.

I have been running maths clubs for children completely free. In my building in Bangalore, I conduct maths clubs for several months, and every child who attended the club was poor in mathematics and is now showing brilliant results.

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

I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude.

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

I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.

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.

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

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

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