“Die Welt wird nicht bedroht von den Menschen, die böse sind, sondern von denen, die das Böse zulassen.”
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Albert Einstein
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
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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
“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?”
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Albert Einstein
“Have the courage to take your own thoughts
seriously, for they will shape you.”
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Albert Einstein
“Es gibt zwei Arten sein Leben zu leben: entweder so, als wäre nichts ein Wunder, oder so, als wäre alles eines. Ich glaube an Letzteres.”
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Albert Einstein
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.”
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Albert Einstein
“Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the descernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious.”
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Albert Einstein
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
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Albert Einstein
“All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.”
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Albert Einstein
“If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.”
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Albert Einstein
“Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll. It does not mean that everything in life is relative.”
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Albert Einstein
“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”
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Albert Einstein
