Albert Einstein Quotes
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
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Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
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Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
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Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
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Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
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I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
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The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
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The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
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It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
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The only source of knowledge is experience.
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
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It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
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That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
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God always takes the simplest way.
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
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It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
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I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
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The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
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When the solution is simple, God is answering.
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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
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That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
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God always takes the simplest way.
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God does not play dice.
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I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
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I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
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Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed.
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I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
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Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
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It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin what else does a man need to be happy?
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The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.