How Can He Possibly Be Humble? He

You Think You Have Troubles With Mathematics . . . I Assure You Mine Are Still Bigger.

Academic Chairs Are Many, But Wise And Noble Teachers Are Few; Lecture-rooms Are Numerous And Large, But The Number Of Young People Who Genuinely Thirst After Truth And Justice Is Small

The Best That Gauss Has Given Us Was Likewise An Exclusive Production. If He Had Not Created His Geometry Of Surfaces, Which Served Riemann As A Basis, It Is Scarcely Conceivable That Anyone Else Would Have Discovered It. I Do Not Hesitate To Confess That To A Certain Extent A Similar Pleasure May Be Found By Absorbing Ourselves In Questions Of Pure Geometry.

Without The Sense Of Fellowship With Men Of Like Mind, Of Preoccupation With The Objective, The Eternally Unattainable In The Field Of Art And Scientific Research, Life Would Have Seemed To Me Empty.

I Believe That A Simple And Unassuming Manner Of Life Is Best For Everyone, Best Both For The Body And The Mind.