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

The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.

Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

The foundations of the world are to be found, not in the cognitive experience of conscious thought, but in the aesthetic experience of everyday life.

I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.