Albert Einstein Quotes
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You cannot solve current problems with current thinking. Current problems are the result of current thinking.
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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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Man's will, sustained by an indominable conviction, is much more powerful than material forces that seem insurmountable.
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Necessity is the mother of all invention.
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Imagination is greater than knowledge.
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Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.
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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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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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Turkish soldiers are very brave. They love their homeland and they do not hesitate to give their lives for it if necessary.
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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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It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.
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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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Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.
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We Jews have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity.
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No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.
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So long as there are men, there will be wars.
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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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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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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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To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.
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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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School failed me, and I failed the school. It bored me. The teachers behaved like sergeants. I wanted to learn what I wanted to know, but they wanted me to learn for the exam. What I hated most was the competitive system there, and especially sports. Because of this, I wasn't worth anything, and several times they suggested I leave.
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Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.