Quotes by Albert Einstein

"To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull facilities can comprehend only in the most primitive forms--this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of the devoutly religious men."

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"Watch the stars, and from them learn. To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground."

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"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

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"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."

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"I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."

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"God is subtle but he is not malicious."

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"An empty stomach is not a good political advisor."

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"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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"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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"Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love."

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"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things."

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"In light of knowledge attained, the happy achievement seems almost a matter of course, and any intelligent student can grasp it without too much trouble. But the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alterations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light -- only those who have experienced it can understand it."

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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."

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"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

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"Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them."

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