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Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.
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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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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.
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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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The ways of creation are wrapt in mystery. We may only marvel, and bow our head.
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As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
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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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Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.
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Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which the problems were created.
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Be a voice not an echo.
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After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.
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It is certainly true that principles cannot be more securely founded than on experience and consciously clear thinking.
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Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.
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The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.
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If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.
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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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A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.
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Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig.
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My God may not be your idea of God, but one thing I know of my God - he makes me a humanitarian. I am a proud Jew because we gave the world the Bible and the story of Joseph.
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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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The ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.
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Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.
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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.