Detest it [a certain difficult mathematics problem] just as much as lewd intercourse; it can deprive you of all your leisure, your health, your rest, and the whole happiness of your life.

When the time is ripe for certain things, these things appear in different places in the manner of violets coming to light in the early spring.

Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.

The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses.

When the time is ripe for certain things, these things appear in different places in the manner of violets coming to light in early spring.

The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses …

He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment."Which one is that?" I asked her."Do not bullshit thy father, " she said.

He who mocked and laughed at correction should blame nobody for his shame and doom.

The act of praising and giving thanks to God brings untold blessing.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

Thomas Aquinas states parenthetically, as something entirely obvious, that men are more rational than women. For my part, I see no evidence of this.

Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out.

As well consult a butcher on the value of vegetarianism as a doctor on the worth of vaccination.

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end. You are worth it.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.