Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. – G.K. Chesterton by way of Neil Gaiman, Coraline
‘Obvious’ is the most dangerous word in mathematics. – E. T. Bell
The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions. – Claude Lévi-Strauss
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. - E. L. Doctorow
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. – Richard P. Feynman
Whereas what man can learn about the world through his senses and through the intellect which relies upon sense-observation may be called ‘anthropology,’ what the spiritual man within us can know may be called “anthroposophy.” – Rudolf Steiner
Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window. – Steve Wozniak
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. – David Hilbert
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. – Henri Poincare
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. – Sydney J. Harris
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. – Stephen Hawking
What one fool can understand, another can. – Richard P. Feynman