Most people say that it is the...
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Gravity is not responsible for...
Gravity is not responsible for people falling in love.
I am enough of an artist to dr...
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
If my theory of relativty is p...
If my theory of relativty 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 I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
Education is a series of preju...
Education is a series of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.
You see, wire telegraph is a k...
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Desire for approval and recogn...
Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may becom
All religions, arts and scienc...
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
Unthinking respect for authori...
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
To punish me for my contempt f...
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
The pursuit of truth and beaut...
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
It has become appallingly obvi...
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
I know not with what weapons W...
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Common sense is the collection...
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Never do anything against cons...
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
Problems cannot be solved by t...
Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
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