It is my conviction that pure mathematical construction enables us to discover the concepts and the laws connecting them, which gives us the key to the understanding of nature ... In a certain sense, therefore, I hold it true that pure thought can grasp reality, as the ancients dreamed.

Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.

Most teachers waste their time by asking question which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what pupils knows or is capable of knowing.

The trouble with the younger generation is that they don't stay young for very long.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

I want to know all God's thoughts.

If I were wrong, wouldn't one be enough?