Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me

Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself

We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm and the misguided. And those who have an interest in keeping the machinery of war going are a very powerful body; they will stop at nothing to make public opinion subservient to their murderous ends.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; It is its own reward. Everything else is in god's hands. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

E=mc2. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared

The mathematician knows some things, no doubt, but not those things one usually wants to get from him.