I'm my mind echoed something like... "don't ask yourself what you can do for mathematics, but what mathematics can do for you.." in my opinion the 1st/biggest

I'm my mind echoed something like... "don't ask yourself what you can do for mathematics, but what mathematics can do for you.." in my opinion the 1st/biggest contribution to math (and any science, discipline, art, and work) is to study/pratice it, is the best contribution to a living body of knowledge and wisdom, new ideas and discovery are side effect, welcomed, but not mandatory.. but is the discipline involved that change the single and later the world. The sea is made of drops.. the true goal is the/any-single way in praticing, not the end/highest point (if exist).