This storm you talk of . . .t will be such a one, my son, as the world has not seen before. There will be no safety by arms, no help from authority, no answer in science. It will rage till every flower of culture is trampled, and all human things are leveled in a vast chaos.

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.

When it comes to believing things without actual evidence, we all incline to what we find most attractive.

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without

This storm you talk of . . .t will be such a one, my son, as the world has not seen before. There will be no safety by arms, no help from authority, no answer in science. It will rage till every flower of culture is trampled, and all human things are leveled in a vast chaos.