David Hilbert Quotes and its meanings

What does David Hilbert write about?

David Hilbert has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about men, religion & science. People always share Men quotes, Religion quotes, science from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by David Hilbert?

Here are the top most famous quotes by David Hilbert.

• If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.
• Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.
• How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments.
• The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction proceed, and unsuspected relations are disclosed between hitherto separated branches of the science.