No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

The general laws of Nature are not, for the most part, immediate objects of perception.

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect.

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers.

Each person has his special moment of life when he unfolded himself to the fullest, felt to the deepest, and expressed himself to the utmost, to himself and to others.

Art is as useful as bread.

The New York Times and Politico report , as Bush continues to flounder on the campaign trail, backers are placing some of the blame on Right To Rise and its inability to sell their candidate.

[Lily] "Petunia's hair is too curly to braid," She said conversationally. Oliver wasn't sure why, but that was what finally made him blush.

Every thought is a cause & every condition is an effect. Change your thoughts & you change your destiny.

America is losing faith in modern medicine, and for good reason.

I was still in school after I dropped my first solo album.

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.