Seek simplicity, then distrust.

Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling.

You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

People make the mistake of talking about 'natural laws.' There are no natural laws. There are only temporary habits of nature.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Nature, even in the act of satisfying anticipation, often provides a surprise.