There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.

Nobody can read Freud without realizing that he was the scientific equivalent of another nuisance, George Bernard Shaw.

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.