Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex

If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think barter is a noble thing.

The world as we see it is only the world as we see it. Others may see it differently.

The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must be any specific existence behind such a concept. We are succumbing to illusions produced by our self-created language, without reaching a better understanding of anything. Most of so-called philosophy is due to this kind of fallacy.

It is both auspicious and peaceful for people to choose vegetarinism.

But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.

The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove that it corresponds to nature.' You are right, dear sceptic. Experience alone can decide on truth.