The early study of Euclid made me a hater of geometry.

Mathematics is the music of reason.

The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.

A mathematical idea should not be petrified in a formalised axiomatic setting, but should be considered instead as flowing as a river.

The object of pure Physic[s] is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure Mathematic[s] that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

Number, place, and combination . . . the three intersecting but distinct spheres of thought to which all mathematical ideas admit of being referred.

As the prerogative of Natural Science is to cultivate a taste for observation, so that of Mathematics is, almost from the starting point, to stimulate the faculty of invention.

The object of pure Mathematic (is) that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

Every man is sensitive. Some cover it up with brutality, others with cowardice and vanity, but a small few wear it bravely like armor

90% of learning comes through encouragement.

Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.

We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' but, 'Is it true?'

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.

The success doesn't define you. The success isn't what gave you the edge in the first place. The failure didn't give me the edge, either.

I believe in anything that causes mass hysteria in children.

The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail.