Albert Einstein Quotes

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• It's not that I'm so smart,
• I find it difficult to believe that I belong to such an idiotic, rotten species - the species that actually boasts of its freedom of…
• During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their will were supposed…
• For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions, and the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong…
• Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be…
• I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple
• I know little about nature and hardly anything about men.
• The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service.
• He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since…
• We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror.…
• He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.
• "There's been a quantum leap technologically in our age, but unless there's another quantum leap in human relations, unless we learn to live in a…
• "Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem to characterize our age. If we desire sincerely and passionately the safety, the welfare and the free…
• Politics is more difficult than physics.
• Experts are just trained dogs.
• The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the…
• The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket.
• I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead.
• If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
• But in physics I soon learned to scent out the paths that led to the depths, and to disregard everything else, all the many things…

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