The subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self. It knows how to choose and to divine.

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

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.

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.

The only faithful tradition is change.

For one, dazzling, infinite moment, August felt like he was standing on a precipice, the end of one world and the beginning of another, a whisper and a bang.

I've come home in love with loneliness

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

I don't like watching people work if they're making art.

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.

Not time is the measure of movement but: ...each constant periodic appearance of ideas.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Nor is it enough to toughen up his soul; you must also toughen up his muscles.

If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.