J. W. N. Sullivan Quotes

#1. The mathematician is entirely free, within the limits of his imagination, to construct what worlds he pleases. What he is to imagine is a matter for his own caprice; he is not thereby discovering the fundamental principles of the universe nor becoming acquainted with the ideas of God.

J. W. N. Sullivan

#2. To be willing to suffer in order to create is one thing; to realize that one's creation necessitates one's suffering, that suffering is one of the greatest of God's gifts, is almost to reach a mystical solution of the problem of evil.

J. W. N. Sullivan

#3. We have reached one of the great stages in the adventure of thought ... We are required to see the universe with new eyes, and it is because it makes such demands and also holds out the promise of realizing them, that the study of science is so supremely worth while.

J. W. N. Sullivan

#4. The hypothesis that life has developed from inorganic matter is, at present, still an article of faith.

J. W. N. Sullivan

#5. It is much easier to make measurements than to know exactly what you are measuring

J. W. N. Sullivan