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Be a voice not an echo.
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Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.
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I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
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Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.
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Our lives will be measured by what we do for others.
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A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.
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I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His nonexistence could excuse Him.
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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.
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I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.
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The ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.
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Creativity is one of those hypnotic words which are prone to cast a spell upon our understanding and dissolve our thinking into haze.
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You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it.
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The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.
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Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.
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Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized.
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A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended is its area of applicability.
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It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
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The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.
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It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.
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Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.
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Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.
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The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.