Chess Problems Are The Hymn-tunes Of Mathematics.

They [formulae 1.10 - 1.12 Of Ramanujan] Must Be True Because, If They Were Not True, No One Would Have Had The Imagination To Invent Them.

A Science Is Said To Be Useful If Its Development Tends To Accentuate The Existing Inequalities In The Distribution Of Wealth, Or More Directly Promotes The Destruction Of Human Life.

A Person’s First Duty, A Young Person’s At Any Rate, Is To Be Ambitious, And The Noblest Ambition Is That Of Leaving Behind Something Of Permanent Value.

Good Work Is Not Done By 'humble' Men

I Have Never Done Anything 'useful'. No Discovery Of Mine Has Made, Or Is Likely To Make, Directly Or Indirectly, For Good Or Ill, The Least Difference To The Amenity Of The World... Judged By All Practical Standards, The Value Of My Mathematical Life Is Nil; And Outside Mathematics It Is Trivial Anyhow. I Have Just One Chance Of Escaping A Verdict Of Complete Triviality, That I May Be Judged To Have Created Something Worth Creating. And That I Have Created Something Is Undeniable: The Question Is About Its Value.