"The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers."

Mental activity is always directed toward some end.

Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.'

Forests are not just carbon sinks—they are life sources.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The opinions of the wise are alike, but fools have their own way.