The Mathematician Knows Some Things,

A Conviction Akin To Religious Feeling Of The Rationality Or Intelligibility Of The World Lies Behind All Scientific Work Of A High Order.

It Is A Very High Goal Which, With Our Weak Powers, We Can Reach Only Very Inadequately, But Which Gives A Sure Foundation To Our Aspirations And Valuations.

The Definition Of Genius Is Taking The Complex And Making It Simple.

We Are In The Position Of A Little Child Entering A Huge Library, Whose Walls Are Covered To The Ceiling With Books In Many Different Languages. The Child Knows That Someone Must Have Written Those Books. It Does Not Know Who Or How. It Does Not Understand The The Languages In Which They Are Written. The Child Notes A Definite Plan In The Arrangement Of The Books, A Mysterious Order, Which It Does Not Comprehend But Only Dimly Suspects.

I See My Life In Terms Of Music.