Mathematics began to seem too much like puzzle solving. Physics is puzzle solving, too, but of puzzles created by nature, not by the mind of man.

I did not set out to win a Nobel Prize.

I know that I do not know.

-- Plato

I know that I know nothing.

-- Socrates

The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete; it dwells in places others disdain, and so is close to the Tao.

-- Laozi

The trouble with people is that they love playing teacher to others.

-- Mencius

When three walk together, one is surely my teacher. I follow what is good and correct what is not.

-- Confucius

I transmit but do not create; I trust in and love the ancients.

-- Confucius