Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realised; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilisation of knowledge.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.

The many become one and are increased by one.

There is no nature at an instant.