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Force always attracts men of low morality.
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
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The time comes in life when we have read enough. It's time to stop reading. It's time to lay down the books and write.
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Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don't stop to marvel.
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Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.
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A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.
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Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot.
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Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.
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How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.
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Science has brought forth this danger, but the real problem is in the minds and hearts of men.
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Creativity is the residue of time wasted.
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The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing.
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The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.
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Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
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The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.
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The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
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One picture is worth a thousand words.
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Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.
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No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.
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Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.
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The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description.
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Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?
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Nothing happens until something moves. When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected.