If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.

I myself should also be dead already, but I am still here.

The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.

This has been done elegantly by Minkowski; but chalk is cheaper than grey matter, and we will do it as it comes.

Strange is our situation here upon earth.

The scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his grasp. In its profoundest depths it is inaccessible to man.

I agree with Schopenhauer that one of the most powerful motives that attracts people to science and art is the longing to escape from everyday life.