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From The Standpoint Of Daily Life, However, There Is One Thing We Do Know: That We Are Here For The Sake Of Each Other - Above All For Those Upon Whose Smile And Well-being Our Own Happiness Depends, And Also For The Countless Unknown Souls With Whose Fate We Are Connected By A Bond Of Sympathy. Many Times A Day I Realize How Much My Own Outer And Inner Life Is Built Upon The Labors Of My Fellow Men, Both Living And Dead, And How Earnestly I Must Exert Myself In Order To Give In Return As Much As I Have Received.

-Albert Einstein

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From The Standpoint Of Daily Life, However, There Is One Thing We Do Know: That We Are Here For The Sake Of Each Other - Above All For Those Upon Whose Smile And Well-being Our Own Happiness Depends, And Also For The Countless Unknown Souls With Whose Fate We Are Connected By A Bond Of Sympathy. Many Times A Day I Realize How Much My Own Outer And Inner Life Is Built Upon The Labors Of My Fellow Men, Both Living And Dead, And How Earnestly I Must Exert Myself In Order To Give In Return As Much As I Have Received.

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This Topic Brings Me To That Worst Outcrop Of Herd Life, The Military System, Which I Abhor... This Plague-spot Of Civilization Ought To Be Abolished With All Possible Speed. Heroism On Command, Senseless Violence, And All The Loathsome Nonsense That Goes By The Name Of Patriotism -- How Passionately I Hate Them!

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Things You Can Get Access To, You Should Never Memorize.

It Is Just As Important To Make Knowledge Live And Keep It Alive As To Solve Specific Problems.

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It Is Open To Every Man To Choose The Direction Of His Striving; And Also Every Man May Draw Comfort From Lessing's Fine Saying, That The Search For Truth Is More Precious Than Its Possession.

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Experience Is Knowledge. All The Rest Is Information.

When A Man Points A Finger At Someone Else, He Should Remember That Three Of His Fingers Are Pointing At Himself. Do Not Worry About Your Difficulties In Mathematics; I Can Assure You That Mine Are Still Greater.

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Three Rules Of Work: Out Of Clutter Find Simplicity. From Discord Find Harmony. In The Middle Of Difficulty Lies Opportunity.

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I Never Think Of The Future. It Comes Soon Enough. When Visiting The U.s. From Germany For A Winter Academic Stay.

To Be Free Means To Be Independent, Not To Be Influenced By What Others Think And Say.

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