They Come Into Being Not Through Demonstration

It Is My Fate To Be Considered An Authority, Since I Spent My Youth Rebelling Against It.

Overemphasis Of The Competitive System And Premature Specialization On The Ground Of Immediate Usefulness Kill The Spirit On Which All Cultural Life Depends, Specialized Knowledge Included.

It Is Characteristic Of The Military Mentality That Non-human Factors ... Are Held Essential, While The Human Being, His Desires And Thoughts-in Short, The Psychological Factors-are Considered As Unimportant And Secondary.

You Think You Have Troubles With Mathematics . . . I Assure You Mine Are Still Bigger.

I Fully Agree With You About The Significance And Educational Value Of As Well As History And Philosophy Of Science. So Many People Today - And Even Professional - Seem To Me Like Someone Who Has Seen Thousands Of Trees But Has Never Seen A Forest. A Knowledge Of The Historic And Philosophical Background Gives That Kind Of Independence From Prejudices Of His Generation From Which Most Scientists Are Suffering. This Independence Created By Philosophical Insight Is - In My Opinion - The Mark Of Distinction Between A Mere Artisan Or Specialist And A Real Seeker After Truth.