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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
US (German-born) physicist [more author details]
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Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
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Albert Einstein
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
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Albert Einstein
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Albert Einstein
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
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Albert Einstein, "Geometry and Experience", January 27, 1921
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
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Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
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Albert Einstein, 'Out of My Later Years,' 1950
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
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Albert Einstein, 'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice.
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Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926
If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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Albert Einstein, Observer, Jan. 15, 1950
If someone can enjoy marching to music in rank and file, I can feel only contempt for him; he has received his large brain by mistake, a spinal cord would have been enough.
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Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years, 1936
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