Albert Einstein Quotes
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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 is also a natural thing for a serious young man that he should form for himself as precise an idea as possible of the goal of his desires.
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We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know.
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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.
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Never let yourself be seduced by any problem, no matter how difficult.
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There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.
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What you can't imagine, you can't discover.
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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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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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A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.
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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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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Scientists believe that every occurrence, including the affairs of human beings, is due to the laws of nature. Therefore a scientist cannot be inclined to believe that the course of events can be influenced by prayer, that is, by a supernaturally manifested wish.
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Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18.
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Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life.
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If the workers of this world, men and women, decide not to manufacture and transport ammunition, it would end war for all time. We must do that. Dedicate our lives to drying up the source of war; ammunition factories.
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What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently.
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He who finds a thought that lets us a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace.
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If you want the answer to anything, go sit in Nature for awhile.
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I know what it's like to see one's mother go through the agony of death and be unable to help; there is no consolation. We all have to bear such heavy burdens, for they are unalterably linked to life.
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It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
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The future is of greater interest to me than the past, since that is where I intend to spend the rest of my life.
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The payment of the worker is not determined by the value of his product.