Albert Einstein Quotes
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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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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.
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A forced faithfulness is a bitter fruit for all concerned.
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Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.
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God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
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If you can't explain something simply, you don't know enough about it.
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Since I do not forsee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the presence of fear, it would not do.
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There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will.
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In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
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Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes — good will among men and peace on earth.
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God doesn't; shoot crap with the universe.Your innermost thoughts are beliefs that unfold as your universe.
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The great moral teachers of humanity were, in a way, artistic geniuses in the art of living.
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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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Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.
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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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Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true.
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Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.
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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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When you examine the lives of the most influential people who have ever walked among us, you discover one thread that winds through them all. They have been aligned first with their spiritual nature and only then with their physical selves.
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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.
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Even a fool is wise after an event.
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Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else-unless it is an enemy.
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I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player.