“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind, without the occupation with the objective world, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors, life would have seemed empty to me. The trite objects of human efforts -- possessions, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.”
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Albert Einstein
“A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes.”
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Albert Einstein
“A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high order.”
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Albert Einstein
“Science has therefore been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”
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Albert Einstein
“Due cose sono infinite: l'universo e la stupidità umana, ma riguardo l'universo ho ancora dei dubbi.”
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Albert Einstein
“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
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Albert Einstein
“The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.”
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Albert Einstein
“To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.”
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Albert Einstein
“De werkelijkheid is louter illusie, maar wel een hardnekkige.”
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Albert Einstein
“There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.”
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Albert Einstein
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
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Albert Einstein
“Past is dead
Future is uncertain;
Present is all you have,
So eat, drink and live merry.”
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Albert Einstein
“The more cruel the wrong that men commit against an individual or a people, the deeper their hatred and contempt for their victim. Conceit and false pride on the part of a nation prevent the rise of remorse for its crime.”
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Albert Einstein
