I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe – because, like Sp… - Bertrand Russell

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

We are and irrefutable arbiters of value, and in the world of value Nature is only a part. Thus in this world we are greater than Nature. In the world of values, Nature in itself is neutral, neither good nor bad deserving of neither admiration nor censure. It is we who create value and our desires which confer value. In this realm we are kings, and we debase our kingship if we bow down to Nature. It is for us to determine our good life, not for Nature – not even for Nature personified as God.

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