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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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Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.
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Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego.
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
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It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.
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While you're trying to get ahead, remember to get aheart as well. When your only problem IS a nail, all you want is a decent hammer.
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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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To think with fear of the end of one's life is pretty general with human beings. It is one of the means nature uses to conserve the life of the species. Approached rationally that fear is the most unjustified of all fears, for there is no risk of any accidents to one who is dead or not yet born. In short, the fear is stupid but it cannot be helped.
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Conceptions without experience are void; experience without conceptions is blind.
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I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification-the danger that the Germans would make them.
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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
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Those who staying with the wrong reward, long enough will get problem.
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I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.
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Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.
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When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years, we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn’t been one big decision.
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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
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How can this cosmic religious experience be communicated from man to man, if it cannot lead to a definite conception of God or to a theology? It seems to me that the most important function of art and of science is to arouse and keep alive this feeling in those who are receptive.
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If we have the courage to decide ourselves for peace we will have peace.
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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
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Check out not to become a man or woman of achievement, but instead seek to become a particular person of price.
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He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.
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Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.
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I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.