The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among themselves of the musical scores they compose.

It is a well-known experience that the only truly enjoyable and profitable way of studying mathematics is the method of "filling in details" by one's own efforts.

Astronomy was the cradle of the natural sciences and the starting point of geometrical theories.

At various points in our lives, or on a quest, and for reasons that often remain obscure, we are driven to make decisions which prove with hindsight to be loaded with meaning. (225)

I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it.

Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging to drown out quiet desperation.

Then I realized that most of the world's problems stemmed from macho dickheadism, and if I cold defeat that I could save the world.

For that is love's nature that it lays claim to exclusive right and that all other claims are nil.

What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.

A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.

Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.

One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.