Freedom Quotes

"Every reasonable being desires freedom, even mathematicians locked in their abstract worlds."

"My work has shown that certainty itself is uncertain - and that is liberating."

"Freedom of thought requires freedom from the fear of being thought mad."

"Freedom is the ability to think thoughts that society forbids."

"Every limitation imposed on mathematical thought diminishes the power of human understanding."

"The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom."

"I have opened doors that can never be closed again in the mathematics of infinity."

"To love learning is to love freedom from ignorance."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to tyranny."

"It is a preposterous assumption that because a man is born in England, all his opinions on non-technical subjects should be identical with those of his neighbors."

"The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held."

"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure."

"A man is subversive of all order when he teaches any philosophy or religion or science which differs from that approved by the government."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of freedom."

"The pursuit of discovery is the highest expression of human freedom."

"Formal systems are like cages we build for our thoughts."

"To prove something unprovable within a system requires stepping outside the system."

"Independence of thought requires freedom from dogmatic belief systems."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's work from being destroyed. But anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"Mathematical freedom lies in rigorous constraint."

"The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom."

"The infinite is not a prison but a gateway to understanding the universe."

"I refuse to be constrained by the dogma of those who claim all mathematics is already known."

"The transfinite is not a burden but a liberation from the tyranny of the finite."

"True freedom is found in understanding the laws that govern us."

"In discipline lies freedom; in freedom lies responsibility."

"Freedom is the birthright of every human being."

"Freedom requires responsibility."