?My physics teacher used to say Diogenes shouldn’t have wasted his time looking for an honest man,” Shirl said, “he should have been looking for somebody who thought for himself.”

Although she was primarily a particle theorist, her most important work may well be her contribution to our understanding of superconductivity. She was a trailblazer for and, in her retirement, led the effort to chronicle the contributions of women to physics in the 20th century.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/al-farabi.html Introduction to al-Farabi]

Metaphysics has as the proper object of its enquiries three ideas only: God, freedom, and immortality.

When I speak of language, I do not only mean poetic or verbal language: I am thinking of the language of mathematics, of physics, et cetera. It is a fascinating topic. Language is an interface between us and the world. Beyond language there is nothing but pure mystical contemplation of the universe.