The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
The interplay between discrete and continuous mathematics is where some of the most interesting problems lie.
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.