In the ordinary business of life punctuality is . . . necessary.

One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil intent.

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors.

The pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered beauty.

Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway about the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.