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It is a general belief that mathematics is a difficult subject to understand, that uses esoteric symbols and an incomprehensible language, which is above all calculus. Certainly, it is a particular subject, which needs formulas and which requires a sometimes very sophisticated formal language. However, it is also a science full of ideas, which do not only have the function of advancing some theory or serving other sciences for their quantitative models. Like philosophy, like literature, mathematics is useful for man to try to understand a little better the world around him, and above all himself. Deeply convinced of this, the author proposes some arguments, which are particularly suitable for highlighting this aspect of mathematics. The author sometimes uses a more mathematical language to complete the reasoning, but he is completely convinced that the interested reader can follow all his reasonings because, paraphrasing a great mathematician of the last century, "those who are not familiar with the techniques mathematicians will realize that they can get away with it without problems by completely ignoring them "