In A Dream It's Typical

I Would Not Dare To Say That There Is A Direct Relation Between Mathematics And Madness, But There Is No Doubt That Great Mathematicians Suffer From Maniacal Characteristics, Delirium And Symptoms Of Schizophrenia.

Gradually I Began To Intellectually Reject Some Of The Delusionally Influenced Lines Of Thinking Which Had Been Characteristic Of My Orientation. This Began, Most Recognizably, With The Rejection Of Politically-oriented Thinking As Essentially A Hopeless Waste Of Intellectual Effort.

Rationality Of Thought Imposes A Limit On A Person's Concept Of His Relation To The Cosmos.

There Are Things That Tend To Moderate With Age. Schizophrenia Is Somewhat Like That.

I Had Been Offered Fellowships To Enter As A Graduate Student At Either Harvard Or Princeton. But The Princeton Fellowship Was Somewhat More Generous, Since I Had Not Actually Won The Putnam Competition... Thus Princeton Became The Choice For My Graduate Study Location.