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"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." ...ALBERT EINSTEIN
Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help in the greatest of all causes -- goodwill among men and peace on earth.
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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self."
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"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
"Nor do I take into account a danger of starting a chain reaction of a scope great enough to destroy part or all of the planet...But it is not necessary to imagine the earth being destroyed like a nova by a stellar explosion to understand vividly the grow ing scope of atomic war and to recognize that unless another war is prevented it is likely to bring destruction on a scale never before held possible, and even now hardly conceived, and that little civilization would survive it." (1947)
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"The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man."
When Einstein died on April 18, 1955 he left a piece of writing ending in an unfinished sentence. There were his last words: In essence, the conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is that, this time, the development of atomic power has imbued the struggle with a ghostly character; for both parties know and admit that, should the quarrel deteriorate into actual war, mankind is doomed. Despite this knowledge, statesmen in responsible positions on both sides continue to employ the well-known technique of seeking to intimidate and demoralize the opponent by marshaling superior military strength. They do so even though such a policy entails the risk of war and doom. Not one statesman in a position of responsibility has dared to pursue the only course that holds out any promise of peace, the course of supranational security, since for a statesman to follow such a course would be tantamount to political suicide. Political passions, once they have been fanned into flame, exact their victims ... Citater fra...
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If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances. -- Albert Einstein, The Reporter, November 18 1954
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -- Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother." - Albert Einstein
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones!
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) * Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. _Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium_ (1941) ch. 13
There is not the slightest indication that energy will ever be obtainable from the atom. Albert Einstein (1879--1955) in Robert Youngson, Scientific Blunders: A brief history of how wrong scientists can sometimes be, Robinson,1998
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"Gravitation can not be held resposible for people falling in love" -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) [German physicist]
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?".
-- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) [German physicist]
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With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon. -- Albert Einstein (to Heinrich Zanger, Dec 1919)
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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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.
...one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
You're aware the boy failed my grade school math class, I take it? And not that many years later he's teaching college. Now I ask you: Is that the sorriest indictment of the American educational system you ever heard? [pauses to light cigarette.] No aptitude at all for long division, but never mind. It's him they ask to split the atom. How he talked his way into the Nobel prize is beyond me. But then, I suppose it's like the man says, "It's not what you know..." Karl Arbeiter: former teacher of Albert Einstein
During our crossing, Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and by the time we arrived I was fully convinced he understood it. -- Chaim Weizmann, 1921 after he escorted Einstein to the United States.
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It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. -Albert Einstein
"I tried to imagine the easiest way God could have done it." --Albert Einstein
Einstein's favorite limerick was: There was an old lady called Wright who could travel much faster than light. She departed one day in a relative way and returned on the previous night.
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