A proof is a way to convince yourself and others that something is true.
On morals: "The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil."
"The world is a text, and we are all its readers and writers."
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.