A GREAT discovery solves a great problem but there is a grain of discovery in any problem.

In order to solve this differential equation you look at it until a solution occurs to you.

It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

Beauty in mathematics is seeing the truth without effort.

Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.

It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

An idea which can be used only once is a trick. If one can use it more than once it becomes a method.

Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

Look around when you have got your first mushroom or made your first discovery: they grow in clusters.

I can see why some people become “beach bunnies”: you don’t have to think about things or even talk when you’re on the beach. You just sit here and feel good about being alive.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

O'er the rugged mountain's brow Clara threw the twins she nursed, And remarked,'I wonder now Which will reach the bottom first?

It’s always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesn’t think he already is.

Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure.

There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that.

Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. there is no need to explain or make sense of it. just trust what you feel.

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.