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When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.
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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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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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Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.
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We are all very ignorant. What happens is that not all ignore the same things.
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Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.
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A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.
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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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Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized.
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We will never be able to solve the problems of tomorrow with the thinking of today.
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Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so.
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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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Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.
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In one's youth every person and every event appear to be unique. With age one becomes much more aware that similar events recur. Later on, one is less often delighted or surprised, but also less disappointed than in earlier years.
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Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
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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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If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.
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It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
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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.
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I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass our technology.
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If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self.
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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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Mathematics are well and good but Nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.
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One always likes to do the things for which one has ability.