Nothing new had been done in Logic since Aristotle!

The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.

I don't believe in empirical science. I only believe in a priori truth.

Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine.

I am convinced of the afterlife, independent of theology. If the world is rationally constructed, there must be an afterlife

I like Islam, it is a consistent idea of religion and open-minded.

All generalisations - perhaps except this one - are false.

The meaning of world is the separation of wish and fact.

All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false.

...a consistency proof for [any] system ... can be carried out only by means of modes of inference that are not formalized in the system ... itself.

But every error is due to extraneous factors (such as emotion and education); reason itself does not err.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody it saves so much trouble

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day.

And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.

As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.

Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.

I had been reading this book about Zen Koan philosophy, and it was talking about the right here and the right now, and how important it is, and I was really trying to get there in my life.

I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.

You don't even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you're really trying.