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I Am Absolutely Convinced That No Wealth In The World Can Help Humanity Forward, Even In The Hands Of The Most Devoted Worker In This Cause. The Example Of Great And Pure Characters Is The Only Thing That Can Produce Fine Ideas And Noble Deeds. Money Only Appeals To Selfishness And Always Tempts Its Owners Irresistibly To Abuse It

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I Am Absolutely Convinced

Albert Einstein

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I Am Absolutely Convinced That No Wealth In The World Can Help Humanity Forward, Even In The Hands Of The Most Devoted Worker In This Cause. The Example Of Great And Pure Characters Is The Only Thing That Can Produce Fine Ideas And Noble Deeds. Money Only Appeals To Selfishness And Always Tempts Its Owners Irresistibly To Abuse It

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When The Solution Is Simple, God Is Answering.

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Science Has Gone A Long Way Toward Helping Man To Free Himself From The Burden Of Hard Labor; Yet, Science Itself Is Not A Liberator. It Creates Means, Not Goals. It Is Up To Men To Utilize Those Means To Achieve Reasonable Goals.

Happiness, As A Pursuit, Is Suitable Only For Pigs.

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To Have Security Against Atomic Bombs And Against The Other Biological Weapons, We Have To Prevent War, For If We Cannot Prevent War Every Nation Will Use Every Means That Is At Their Disposal; And In Spite Of All Promises They Make, They Will Do It. At The Same Time, So Long As War Is Not Prevented, All The Governments Of The Nations Have To Prepare For War, And If You Have To Prepare For War, Then You Are In A State Where You Cannot Abolish War.

A Thousand Things Can Prove Me Right And One Can Prove Me Wrong.

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Those Who Staying With The Wrong Reward,(eg. Stay In Comfort Zone, Etc.), Long Enough Will Get Problem.

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