Mathematics is, I believe, the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, 

as well as the super-sensible intelligible world. 

 Geometry deals with exact circles, but no sensible object is exactly circular; 

however carefully we may use our compasses, there will be some imperfections and irregularities. 

 This suggests the view that all exact reasoning applies to ideal as opposed to sensible objects; 

it is natural to go further and to argue that thought is nobler than sense, 

and the objects of thought are more real than those of sense-perception.

Mathematical knowledge appeared to be certain, exact, 

and applicable to the real world; 

moreover it was obtained by mere thinking, 

without the need for observation. 

 Consequently, it was thought to supply an ideal, 

from which every-day empirical knowledge fell short. 

 It was supposed, on the basis of mathematics, 

that thought is superior to sense, 

intuition to observation.

The sparkle in your eyes

Keeps me alive

And the sparkle in your eyes

Keeps me alive, keeps me alive

The fire in your eyes

Keeps me alive

And the fire in your eyes

Keeps me alive

Any hypothesis, however absurd, may be useful in science, 

if it enables a discoverer to conceive things in a new way; 

but … when it has served this purpose by luck, 

it is likely to become an obstacle to further advance.

The distinction between mind and matter, 

which has become a commonplace in philosophy and science and popular thought, 

has a religious origin, 

and began as the distinction between soul and body. 

The Orphic proclaims himself the child of earth and of the starry heaven; 

from earth comes the body, 

from heaven the soul.

The pursuit of truth, when it is whole-hearted, must ignore moral considerations; 

we cannot know in advance that the truth will turn out to be what is thought edifying in a given society.

When an intelligent man expresses a view which seems to us obviously absurd,

we should not attempt to prove that it is somehow true,

but we should try to understand how it ever came to seem true.

Happy life and merciful death

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

I never think of myself as wise. 

I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence 

which I intend to allow to operate.

My soul, do not seek eternal life, 

but exhaust the realm of the possible.

And just when you mean to tell her 

That you have no love to give her 

Then she gets you on her wavelength 

And she lets the river answer 

That you've always been her lover 

And you want to travel with her 

And you want to travel blind 

And you know that she will trust you 

For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

One thing I have learned in a long life: 

that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike 

and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; 

Fools because they have to say something.