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The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.
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There's been a quantum leap technologically in our age, but unless there's another quantum leap in human relations, unless we learn to live in a new way towards one another, there will be a catastrophe.
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Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
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Imagination is greater than knowledge.
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Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
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The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong. It is full of evil because of those who do nothing.
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No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.
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A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
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You cannot solve current problems with current thinking. Current problems are the result of current thinking.
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The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed.
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Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.
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So long as there are men, there will be wars.
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Live life to the fullest. You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece. Laugh some every day. Keep growing, keep dreaming, keep following your heart. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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We Jews have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity.
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We often discussed his notions on objective reality. I recall that during one walk Einstein suddenly stopped, turned to me and asked whether I really believed that the moon exists only when I look at it.
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Most people see what is, and never see what can be.
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Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you.
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We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.
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One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.
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Do things sound better in your head before you say them, or do you even run them through there first?
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Although I tried to be universal in thought, I am European by instinct and inclination.
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One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.
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The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.