The altruism of foresters can serve as a motto for humanity in general: "We reap what we have not sown. We sow what we do not reap."

- Leo Errera

"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far from complete. Genius is impatience in ideas and patience with the facts: a lively imagi…

- Leo Errera

Pour réussir dans la science, il faut douter; pour réussir dans la vie, il faut être sûr. To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, …

- Leo Errera

Truth is different from error in two respects: it is a little harder to prove and more difficult to admit.

- Leo Errera

Civilization is the art of creating useless needs.

- Leo Errera

"Le génie n'est qu'une longue patience", a dit Buffon. Cela est bien incomplet. Le génie, c'est l'impatience dans les idées et la patience dans les f…

- Leo Errera

La vérité est sur une courbe dont notre ésprit suit éternellement l'asymptote. Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

- Leo Errera

The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

- Leo Errera

God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.

- Leo Errera