Mathematics takes us still further from what is human, into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the world, but every possible world, … - Bertrand Russell

In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and no more for every simple object, and everything that is not simple will be expressed by a combination of words, by a combination derived, of course, from the words for the simple things that enter in, one word for each simple component.

We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think – in fact they do so.

A European who goes to New York and Chicago sees the future... when he goes to Asia he sees the past.