Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematicians finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game.

I’d rather die than change the way I look at life.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Where observation is concerned, chance favors a prepared mind.