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Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
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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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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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Creativity is the residue of time wasted.
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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 will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
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A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.
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Nothing will end war unless the peoples themselves refuse to go to war.
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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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God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
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Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature had favored over him....In his desperate ambition for power he discovered that his speeches, confused and pervaded with hate as they were, received wild acclaim by those whose situation and orientation resembled his own. He picked up this human flotsam on the streets and in the taverns and organized them around himself. This is the way he launched his political career.
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A forced faithfulness is a bitter fruit for all concerned.
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If you can't explain something simply, you don't know enough about it.
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The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.
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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 more I study science, the more I believe in God.
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Nothing happens until something moves. When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected.
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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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Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.
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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 secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.
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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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Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.