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As Soon As Science Has Emerged From Its Initial Stages, Theoretical Advances Are No Longer Achieved Merely By A Process Of Arrangement. Guided By Empirical Data, The Investigator Rather Develops A System Of Thought Which, In General, Is Built Up Logically From A Small Number Of Fundamental Assumptions, The So-called Axioms. We Call Such A System Of Thought A Theory. The Theory Finds The Justification For Its Existence In The Fact That It Correlates A Large Number Of Single Observations, And It Is Just Here That The 'truth' Of The Theory Lies.

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As Soon As Science Has Emerged From Its Initial Stages, Theoretical Advances Are No Longer Achieved Merely By A Process Of Arrangement. Guided By Empirical Data, The Investigator Rather Develops A System Of Thought Which, In General, Is Built Up Logically From A Small Number Of Fundamental Assumptions, The So-called Axioms. We Call Such A System Of Thought A Theory. The Theory Finds The Justification For Its Existence In The Fact That It Correlates A Large Number Of Single Observations, And It Is Just Here That The 'truth' Of The Theory Lies.

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I No Longer Believed In The Known God Of The Bible, But Rather In The Mysterious God Expressed In Nature.

Whoever Is Devoid Of The Capacity To Wonder, Whoever Remains Unmoved, Whoever Cannot Contemplate Or Know The Deep Shudder Of The Soul In Enchantment, Might Just As Well Be Dead For He Has Already Closed His Eyes Upon Life.

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Although I Cannot Believe That The Individual Survives The Death Of His Body, Feeble Souls Harbor Such Thought Through Fear Or Ridiculous Egotism.

A Forced Faithfulness Is A Bitter Fruit For All Concerned.

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Creativity Is Intelligence Having Fun.

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Not All Things Worth Counting Are Countable And Not All Things That Count Are Worth Counting.

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The Economists Will Have To Revise Their Theories Of Value.

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You Can Never Solve A Problem On The Level On Which It Was Created. Insanity: Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again And Expecting Different Results. A Life Lived For Others Is A Life Worthwhile.

To Have A Better Life We Must Keep Choosing How We Are Living.

If We Think Of The Field As Being Removed, There Is No 'space' Which Remains, Since Space Does Not Have An Independent Existence.

Physics Is An Attempt Conceptually To Grasp Reality As Something That Is Considered To Be Independent Of Its Being Observed. In This Sense One Speaks Of Physical Reality.

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Time Flies When You Are Having Fun.

There Comes A Point In Your Life When You Need To Stop Reading Other People's Books And Write Your Own.

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