Albert Einstein Quotes

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• Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. Example
• Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. Always Attracts
• He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for… Act
• Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood. Believe
• We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no… Cause
• For those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they were given a large brain by accident… Accident
• Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure. Innovation
• The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest Compound
• Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater. Assure
• One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences… Absolutely
• How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the… Able
• The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. Comprehensibility
• The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only… Atom
• Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment Capable
• The horizon of many people is a circle with zero radius which they call their point of view. Call
• Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they have the bomb but weaker because of their vulnerability to… Americans
• All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal. All
• Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one Illusion
• Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as… Association
• Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action… Action

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