Albert Einstein Quotes

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• The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the…
• The theory must not contradict empirical facts,
• We must be prepared to make the same heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war.
• 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…
• I love Humanity but I hate humans
• Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.
• Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were…
• Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.
• The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. Thus, we are drifting toward catastrophe beyond conception. We shall require a substantially…
• Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.
• One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring…
• I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
• At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself.
• The man with the greatest soul will always face the greatest war with the low minded person.
• Subtle is the Lord. Malicious, He is not.
• Brief is this existence, as a visit in a strange house. The path to be pursued is poorly lit by a flickering consciousness.
• Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.
• Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.
• My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.
• More and more I come to value charity and love of one's fellow being above everything else...All our lauded technological progress-our very civilization-is like the…

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