Albert Einstein Quotes
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I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will...Practically, I am, nevertheless, compelled to act as if freedom of the will existed. If I wish to live in a civilized community, I must act as if man is a responsible being.
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That is simple my friend: because politics is more difficult than physics.
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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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It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.
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One is born into a herd of buffaloes and must be glad if one is not trampled under foot before one's time.
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If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
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Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.
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Everyone has two choices. We're either full of love... or full of fear.
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One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect upon me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
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The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
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Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.
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I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.
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The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
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I have just got a new theory of eternity.
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If tomorrow were never to come, it would not be worth living today.
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I wish to do something Great and Wonderful, but I must start by doing the little things like they were Great and Wonderful.
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Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
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A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during his lifetime.
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.
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Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor.
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But love brings much happiness - much more so than pining brings pain.
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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. The very prevention of war requires more faith, courage and resolution than are needed to prepare for war. We must all do our share, that we may be equal to the task of peace.
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Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.