I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

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I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of...

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of...

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says...

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says...

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work......

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work......

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until...

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of...

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of...

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two...

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

God does arithmetic.

God does arithmetic.

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry...

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry...

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.