...a consistency proof for [any] system ... can be carried out only by means of modes of inference that are not formalized… — Kurt Gödel Consistency Copy Share Image
I like Islam, it is a consistent idea of religion and open-minded. — Kurt Gödel Consistent Copy Share Image
Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine. — Kurt Gödel Bigs Copy Share Image
The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all. — Kurt Gödel Language Copy Share Image
The physical laws, in their observable consequences, have a finite limit of precision. — Kurt Gödel Consequence Copy Share Image
Said to physicist John Bahcall. I don't believe in natural science. — Kurt Gödel Belief Copy Share Image
I am convinced of the afterlife, independent of theology. If the world is rationally constructed, there must be an afterlife — Kurt Gödel Afterlife Copy Share Image
All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false. — Kurt Gödel Exception Copy Share Image
In any non-trivial axiomatic system, there are true theorems which cannot be proven. — Kurt Gödel Funny Copy Share Image
The development of mathematics towards greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so… — Kurt Gödel Development Copy Share Image
“Our total reality and total existence are beautiful and meaningful . . . . We should judge reality by the little which… — Kurt Gödel Beauty Copy Share Image
I don't believe in empirical science. I only believe in a priori truth. — Kurt Gödel Believe Copy Share Image
The formation in geological time of the human body by the laws of physics (or any other laws of similar nature), starting… — Kurt Gödel Atmosphere Copy Share Image
All generalisations - perhaps except this one - are false. — Kurt Gödel Generalisation Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of [contemporary philosophers] see their principle task as that of beating religion out of men's heads. ... We are far… — Kurt Gödel Able Copy Share Image
The development of mathematics toward greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so… — Kurt Gödel Axioms Copy Share Image
But every error is due to extraneous factors (such as emotion and education); reason itself does not err. — Kurt Gödel Doe Copy Share Image