It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.

When Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning-rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it as an impious attempt to defeat the will of God.

The true spirit of delight...is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.

Zeno was concerned with three problems... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity.

Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone.

Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is, the more stupid they were to elect him.