Albert Einstein Quotes
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Creativity is Inspiration having fun.
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Matter is Energy ... Energy is Light ... We are all Light Beings.
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This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind - the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in line and file to the strains of music falls below my contempt; he received his great brain by mistake - the spinal cord would have been amply sufficient. This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism - how intensely I despise them! War is low and despicable, and I had rather be smitten to shreds than participate in such doings.
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Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.
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A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.
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Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security on the basis of law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.
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The importance of a problem should not be judged by the number of pages devoted to it.
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Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.
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Who would have thought around 1900 that in fifty years time we would know so much more and understand so much less.
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The important things are always simple.
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Regarding sex education: no secrets!
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Everyone likes me, yet nobody understands me.
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Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.
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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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Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilisation in high boots.
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It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.
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Measured objectively, what a man can wrest from Truth by passionate striving is utterly infinitesimal. But the striving frees us from the bonds of the self and makes us comrades of those who are the best and the greatest.
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To stimulate creativity one must develop childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition.
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He who has never been deceived by a lie does not know the meaning of bliss.