A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged and the less it is understood the more tenaciously it is held.

To ask the right question is harder than to answer it.

Great innovation only happens when people aren't afraid to do things differently.

In Mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

The essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom.

A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.

Don't always blindly follow guidance and step-by-step instructions; you might run into something interesting.

In mathematics, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems.

My beautiful proof lies all in ruins.

There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity of the actual infinite can be demonstrated.

Every transfinite consistent multiplicity, that is, every transfinite set, must have a definite aleph as its cardinal number.

What does it mean?” Flynn turns to gaze at me, eyes finally meeting mine.I find myself smiling because I know exactly what it means. “It means the clouds are clearing on Avon.

What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others.

I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.

To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.

Your ears are yours alone. Tell others what you alone can hear. Your voice is yours alone. Tell others what only you can say. Your eyes are yours alone. Show others what only you can see.

Memory is a crazy woman who hoards colored rags and throws away food.

I attend Trinity United Church of Christ, and my pastor [was] Jeremiah Wright.

Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure.

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you're OK with it, you gotta own it. There's nothing in between.

You have robbed me, and everyone here, of their purpose. That's not salvation, that's damnation.