Mathematicians Do Not Study Objects, But The

The Mind Uses Its Faculty For Creativity Only When Experience Forces It To Do So.

If We Wish To Foresee The Future Of Mathematics, Our Proper Course Is To Study The History And Present Condition Of The Science.

A Very Small Cause, Which Escapes Us, Determines A Considerable Effect Which We Cannot Ignore, And We Say That This Effect Is Due To Chance.

Every Good Mathematician Should Also Be A Good Chess Player And Vice Versa.

Every Phenomenon, However Trifling It Be, Has A Cause, And A Mind Infinitely Powerful, And Infinitely Well-informed Concerning The Laws Of Nature Could Have Foreseen It From The Beginning Of The Ages. If A Being With Such A Mind Existed, We Could Play No Game Of Chance With Him; We Should Always Lose.