"The infinite! No other question has ever moved……" — David Hilbert

"The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man."

— David Hilbert

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33 Quotes by David Hilbert

David Hilbert has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Wir mussen wissen. Wir werden wissen. We must know. We will know. Inscribed on his tomb in Gilttingen.
If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the…
Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it…
I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of…
One must be able to say at all times--instead of points, straight lines, and planes--tables, chairs, and beer mugs
Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.
The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction proceed, and unsuspected relations are…
No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his…
The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality
One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it
Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion,…
Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it…

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More Ever Moved Quotes

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...-no girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering and so beautifully her soul showing out radiant… — Jack Kerouac
Even Christ pleased not Himself. He was utterly consumed in the zeal of His Father's house. As man He ever… — Unknown Author
No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his… — David Hilbert
I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into. — Steve Earle
Almost everybody today believes that nothing in economic history has ever moved as fast as, or had a greater impact… — Peter Drucker

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