Be a voice not an echo.

Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

You cannot prepare for war and peace at the same time.

Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at the conclusion it may appear as a work of art?

Reason is intuition's servant.

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.