Quotes on Delving

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.

One cannot inquire into the foundations and nature of mathematics without delving into the question of the operations by which the mathematical activity of the mind is conducted. If one failed to take that into account, then one would be left studying only the language in which mathematics is represented rather than the essence of mathematics.

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.

The Forgotten Man is delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and the school, reading his newspaper, and cheering for the politician of his admiration, but he is the only one for whom there is no provision in the great scramble and the big divide. Such is the Forgotten Man. He works, he votes, generally he prays — but he always pays — yes, above all, he pays.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.