Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.

Mathematical Reasoning is not only exact; it has its own criteria of reality.

Yes, the academic world is screwed up, and there is nothing you can do about it. But don't worry about that. Just do what you want. If you know what you want to do and advocate for it, no one will put any energy into stopping you.

Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.

The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.

Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.