The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading.

Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field.

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.

The goal is justice, the method? is transparency. It's important not to confuse the goal and the method.

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.

Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.

In modern times, what impresses one is not a simple and unassuming statement of the truth, but superficial showmanship and display.

I carry with me many scars, but I also carry with me moments that would not have happened if I had not dared to go beyond my limits

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?

He worships God who knows him.

The big shots are not the only ones who are important. Remember, you can't sell anything on Wall Street unless someone digs it up somewhere else first.