“The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.”
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Albert Einstein
“What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.”
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Albert Einstein
“That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.”
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Albert Einstein
“I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.”
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Albert Einstein
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
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Albert Einstein
“I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.”
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Albert Einstein
“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”
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Albert Einstein
“The only difference between genius and insanity is that genius has its limits.”
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Albert Einstein
“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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Albert Einstein
“The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!”
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Albert Einstein
“This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!”
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Albert Einstein
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilised interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and have almost nothing to do with the original text. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.”
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Albert Einstein
“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.”
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Albert Einstein
