Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza Quotes

In India, I learned a proverb that says, 'Distrust the calculation seven times over, the mathematician a hundred times.'

'Without the help of mathematics,' the wise man continued, 'the art could not advance and all the sciences would perish.'

Mathematics is one of the surest ways for a man to feel the power of thought and the magic of the spirit. Mathematics is one of the eternal truths and, as such, raises the spirit to the same level on which we feel the presence of God.