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Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the phys

Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover. – Bertrand Russell

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Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

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You may be an engineer if your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the decimal point in the right place. – Author Unknown

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To all of us who hold the Christian belief that God is truth, anything that is true is a fact about God, and mathematics is a branch of theology. – Hilda Phoebe Hudson

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