Pure Logic Could Never Lead Us To

Thought Must Never Submit, Neither To A Dogma, Nor To A Party, Nor To A Passion, Nor To An Interest, Nor To A Preconceived Idea, Nor To Whatever It May Be, Save To The Facts Themselves, Because, For Thought, Submission Would Mean Ceasing To Be.

Why Is It That Showers And Even Storms Seem To Come By Chance, So That Many People Think It Quite Natural To Pray For Rain Or Fine Weather, Though They Would Consider It Ridiculous To Ask For An Eclipse By Prayer.

When The Physicists Ask Us For The Solution Of A Problem, It Is Not Drudgery That They Impose On Us, On The Contrary, It Is Us Who Owe Them Thanks.

It Is Not Order Only, But Unexpected Order, That Has Value.

A First Fact Should Surprise Us, Or Rather Would Surprise Us If We Were Not Used To It. How Does It Happen There Are People Who Do Not Understand Mathematics? If Mathematics Invokes Only The Rules Of Logic, Such As Are Accepted By All Normal Minds...how Does It Come About That So Many Persons Are Here Refractory?