#mati

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#delight #exaltation #excellence #found #highest

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#defined #know #mathematics #may #never

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#because #god #human #i #like

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#absolute necessity #actual #conform #every #into

What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. ↗

— Richard Russo

#bring #child #different #does #dramatic

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#balance #confirmation #face #friends #i

President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information. ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#coming #fascinating #forever #information #kennedy

Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience. ↗

— Jonas Salk

#chance #experience #happens #information #nothing

Dear motorist on the information superhighway. I'm sorry I do not have a car. ↗

— Eric San

#dear #i #i do #information #sorry

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. ↗