"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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Albert Einstein
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Quotes by Albert Einstein
"We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."
"Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought."
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."
"Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation."
"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."
"It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this religious stock of ideas contains dogmatically fixed statements on subjects which belong in the domain of science."
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
"Information is not knowledge."
"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."
"You never fail until you stop trying."
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
"I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am."
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
"We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."