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First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.
Rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality.
The only way I could relax was when I was with my children.
Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.
In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
Most of man's trouble comes from his inability to be still.
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us.
Nature, which alone is good, is wholly familiar and common.
When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.
Mathematics exists solely for the honour of the human mind.
The object of mathematics is the honor of the human spirit.
Images of the world are Renormalization Group fixed points.
For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift.
John von Neumann was the only student I was ever afraid of.
It is not order only, but unexpected order, that has value.
An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator.
A theory in its day helps to solve the problems of the day.
Do we ask what profit the little bird hopes for in singing?
Life is a process which may be abstracted from other media.
Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small.
The race that does not value trained intelligence is doomed.
A clash of doctrine is not a disaster, it is an opportunity.
Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.
That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Asking the right questions is as important as answering them
Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
Instinct teaches us to look for happiness outside ourselves.
Something incomprehensible is not for that reason less real.
I can approve of those only who seek in tears for happiness.
I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
In mathematics our role is more that of servant than master.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
The manuscript looks chaotic, even by mathematics standards.
Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.
Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.
The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.
Mathematics is a collection of cheap tricks and dirty jokes.
I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.
There is no clear-cut distinction between example and theory
Information is information; it is neither matter nor energy.
You are allowed to lie a little, but you must never mislead.
The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces.
All of us are slaves to the prejudices of our own dimension.
Thus the negative perception is the triumph of consciousness.
Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions.
We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.