It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create is better.

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.

If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

Geometry is the art of correct reasoning from incorrectly drawn figures.

One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

I am confident in my FAITH because I know the character of God and am assured by the love and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ

No one really knows what words mean these days.

Loneliness means when you have no one to celebrate your success with and share your pains.

It probably says something really clinically terrible about my character that I need to get up on a stage and go 'Ra ra ra' in front of people.

The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you; it radiates from within you.

What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favourable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad.

Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again.