Albert Einstein Quotes

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• Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all.
• The more one chases the quanta, the better they hide themselves.
• You must be aware that most men (and also not only a few women) are by nature not monogamous. This nature makes itself even more…
• I know what it's like to see one's mother go through the agony of death and be unable to help; there is no consolation. We…
• The goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is the criterion of true pacifism.
• When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying…
• The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me.
• There are two different conceptions about the nature of the universe: (1) the world as a unity dependent on humanity; (2) the world as a…
• No idea is conceived in our mind independent of our five senses [i.e., no idea is divinely inspired].
• At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct.
• The solitude and peace of mind are serving me quite well, not the least of which is due to the excellent and truly enjoyable relationship…
• To obtain an assured favorable response from people, it is better to offer them something for their stomachs instead of their brains.
• Arrows of hate have been aimed at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I…
• In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept…
• Those instrumental goods which should serve to maintain the life and health of all human beings should be produced by the least possible labour of…
• I became more and more convinced that even nature could be understood as a relatively simple mathematical structure.
• Of all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to except for the society of the true…
• Berlin is the place to which I am most closely bound by human and scientific ties.
• There have already been published by the bucketsful such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long since have gone to my…
• Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being.

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