Ahmed

“It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission.”
― Frank Wilczek, The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces

“But I believe that there is no philosophical highroad in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do not find signposts at crossroads, but our own scouts erect them, to help the rest.”
― Max Born

“Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only "pseudo problems," because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless.”
― P. W. Bridgman

“He transformed number from a useful tool into the central principle of life. He called his new philosophy µαθηµατικη (mathematics).”
― William Rankin, Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide