Quotes by Einstein, Albert

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

Einstein, Albert on common sense
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"One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion."

Einstein, Albert on communism and socialism
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"On the other hand, the concept owes its meaning and its justification exclusively to the totality of the sense impressions which we associate with it."

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"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

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"It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed."

Einstein, Albert on conformity
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"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age."

Einstein, Albert on confusion
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"Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it."

Einstein, Albert on science
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"Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people."

Einstein, Albert on cooperation
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"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."

Einstein, Albert on cooperation
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"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people."

Einstein, Albert on cooperation
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"To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization."

Einstein, Albert on courage   

"The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth."

Einstein, Albert on courage
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"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

Einstein, Albert on creativity
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"The legs are the wheels of creativity."

Einstein, Albert on creativity
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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery everyday. Never lose a holy curiosity."

Einstein, Albert on curiosity
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"Never lose a holy curiosity."

Einstein, Albert on curiosity
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"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."

Einstein, Albert on death
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"It is not enough that you should understand about applied science in order that your work may increase mans blessings. Concern for the man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors; concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations. "

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"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. "

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"Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard, 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 conceivablethough much less certainthat 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 very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air. "

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"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

Einstein, Albert on atheism
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"There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance."

Einstein, Albert on intuition
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

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"Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is the same as that of the religious fanatics, and it springs from the same source ... They are creatures who can't hear the music of the spheres."

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"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 effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year."

Einstein, Albert on education   

"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 searchers, which has very few living members at any time."

Einstein, Albert on community   

"I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being."

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"Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe."

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. "

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