Mere Thinking Cannot Reveal To

It Is A Miracle That Curiosity Survives Formal Education.

To Me It Is Enough To Wonder At The Secrets

I Once Thought That If I Could Ask God One Question, I Would Ask How The Universe Began, Because Once I Knew That, All The Rest Is Simply Equations. But As I Got Older I Became Less Concerned With How The Universe Began. Rather, I Would Want To Know Why He Started The Universe. For Once I Knew That Answer, Then I Would Know The Purpose Of My Own Life.

But There Is Another Reason For The High Repute Of Mathematics: It Is Mathematics That Offers The Exact Natural Sciences A Certain Measure Of Security Which, Without Mathematics, They Could Not Attain.

The Grand Aim Of All Science Is To Cover The Greatest Number Of Empirical Facts By Logical Deduction From The Smallest Number Of Hypotheses Or Axioms.