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Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life. (Albert Einstein)
Never lose a holy curiosity. View quote
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot. View quote
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I do not believe in free will. Schopenhauer's words: 'Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills,' accompany me in all situations throughout my life and reconcile me with the actions of others, even if they are rather painful to me. This awareness of the lack of free will keeps me from taking myself and my fellow men too seriously as acting and deciding individuals, and from losing my temper. View quote
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Pablo Casals is a very great artist. What I admire is the firm stand he has taken not only against the oppressors of his countrymen, but also against those opportunists who are always ready to compromise with the Devil. He perceives clearly that the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. View quote
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Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena. View quote
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Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe. View quote
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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure. View quote
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms. View quote
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I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew. View quote
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A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience. (Albert Einstein)
Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science. View quote
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If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. View quote
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The mere formulation of a problem is far more often essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experiment skill. View quote
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The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must be any specific existence behind such a concept. We are succumbing to illusions produced by our self-created language, without reaching a better understanding of anything. Most of so-called philosophy is due to this kind of fallacy. View quote
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So long as there are men there will be wars. View quote
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The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. View quote
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It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature. View quote
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Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal. View quote
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What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. View quote
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I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts. (Albert Einstein)
I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things. View quote
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Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot. View quote
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I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil. View quote
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If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. View quote
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