"When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing kno…"

"Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing."

"It is not the laws of physics that make science possible but the unprovable proposition that there exists a grand des…"

"It is true that mathematics, owing to the fact that its whole content is built up by means of purely logical deductio…"

"Mathematical knowledge, therefore, appears to us of value not only in so far as it serves as means to other ends, but…"

"Out of the interaction of form and content in mathematics grows an acquaintance with methods which enable the student…"

"I have come to the conclusion that the exertion, without which a knowledge of mathematics cannot be acquired, is not …"

"It may be asserted without exaggeration that the domain of mathematical knowledge is the only one of which our otherw…"

"If in Germany the goddess Justitia had not the unfortunate habit of depositing the ministerial portfolios only in the…"

"The true mathematician is always a good deal of an artist, an architect, yes, of a poet. Beyond the real world, thoug…"