“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
“People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.”
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Albert Einstein
“Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi)”
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Albert Einstein
“A man's actions are determined by necessity, external and internal.”
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Albert Einstein
“Понякога трябва, докато оцветяваш, да излизаш извън очертанията,
ако искаш да превърнеш живота си в шедьовър.”
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Albert Einstein
“How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.”
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Albert Einstein
“In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this religious feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it.”
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Albert Einstein
“Locura es hacer la misma cosa una y otra vez esperando obtener diferentes resultados”
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Albert Einstein
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
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Albert Einstein
“In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.”
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Albert Einstein
“Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilárd, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. ...
This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable—though much less certain—that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat or exploded in a port, might well destroy the whole port altogether with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air.”
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Albert Einstein
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
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Albert Einstein
“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.”
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Albert Einstein
“Out yonder there is this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking”
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Albert Einstein
