Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect.

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

The general laws of Nature are not, for the most part, immediate objects of perception.

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together... then you'll hear the sound of your soul

I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.

When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.

If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am "somewhat fun."

[On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity.

Personally, I didn't think there was anything wrong with sadness. Just the opposite – hypocrisy made people happy and truth made them sad.

I feel like Alice falling into Wonderland. A line came to him: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.

He that condescended so far, and stooped so low, to invite and bring us to heaven, will not refuse us a gracious reception there.

This is a time where fashion and style go against what I would rather do myself. So I have to pick and choose from people that share my enthusiasm when it comes to certain things.