So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers.

The once-surprising existence of non-Euclidean models of Euclid's first four axioms can be seen as a sort of mathematical joke.

So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers.

We ourselves are co-called non-linear dynamical systems... I don't feel quite so pathetic when I interrupt a project to check on some obscure web site or newsgroup or derive an iota of cheer by getting rid of pocketful of change.

Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection

Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he's lived in the state his whole life, replies, "Not yet."

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security