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A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.
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It is not by sitting still at a grand distance and calling the human race larvae that men are to be helped.
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There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe.
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The human spirit must prevail over technology.
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Earth is the insane asylum of the universe.
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Creativity is the residue of time wasted.
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Games are the most elevated form of investigation.
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Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.
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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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Everyday is an opportunity to make a new happy ending.
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Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.
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My own career was undoubtedly determined, not by my own will but by various factors over which I have no control-primarily those mysterious glands in which Nature prepares the very essence of life, our internal secretions.
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No, this trick won't work. The same trick does not work twice. How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
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In order to be a perfect member of a flock of sheep, one has to be, foremost, a sheep.
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Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem-in my opinion-to characterize our age.
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Anonymity is no excuse for stupidity.
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Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
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Even a fool is wise after an event.
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One picture is worth a thousand words.
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It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.
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The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence - these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.
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The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
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How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.