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If One Holds These High Principles Clearly Before One's Eyes, And Compares Them With The Life And Spirit Of Our Times, Then It Appears Glaringly That Civilized Mankind Finds Itself At Present In Grave Danger. In The Totalitarian States It Is The Rulers Themselves Who Strive Actually To Destroy That Spirit Of Humanity. In Less Threatened Parts It Is Nationalism And Intolerance, As Well As The Oppression Of The Individuals By Economic Means, Which Threaten To Choke These Most Precious Traditions.

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Albert Einstein

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If One Holds These High Principles Clearly Before One's Eyes, And Compares Them With The Life And Spirit Of Our Times, Then It Appears Glaringly That Civilized Mankind Finds Itself At Present In Grave Danger. In The Totalitarian States It Is The Rulers Themselves Who Strive Actually To Destroy That Spirit Of Humanity. In Less Threatened Parts It Is Nationalism And Intolerance, As Well As The Oppression Of The Individuals By Economic Means, Which Threaten To Choke These Most Precious Traditions.

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I Have To Apologize To You That I Am Still Among The Living. There Will Be A Remedy For This, However.

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To Put It Boldly, It Is The Attempt At A Posterior Reconstruction Of Existence By The Process Of Conceptualization.

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How I Wish That Somewhere There Existed An Island For Those Who Are Wise And Of Good Will.

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A Problem Defined, Is A Problem Half Solved.

Only The Catholic Church Protested Against The Hitlerian Onslaught On Liberty. Up Till Then I Had Not Been Interested In The Church, But Today I Feel A Great Admiration For The Church, Which Alone Has Had The Courage To Struggle For Spiritual Truth And Moral Liberty

To The Master's Honor All Must Turn, Each In Its Track, Without A Sound, Forever Tracing Newton's Ground.

I Thought Of That While Riding My Bicycle.

The Daily Struggle Does Not Arise From A Purpose Or A Program, But From An Immediate Need.

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... On Principle, It Is Quite Wrong To Try Founding A Theory On Observable Magnitudes Alone. In Reality The Very Opposite Happens. It Is The Theory Which Decides What We Can Observe.

Out Of Clutter, Find Simplicity.

The Universe Is Stranger Than We Imagine!

Education Is What Remains After One Has Forgotten What One Has Learned In School.

Nothing Will Benefit Human Health And Increase The Chances For Survival Of Life On Earth As Much As The Evolution To A Vegetarian Diet.

Funny Inspirational

We Cannot Despair About Mankind Knowing That Mozart Was A Man.

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Those Who Manage Their Way Into A Crisis Are Not Necessarily The Right People To Manage Their Way Out Of A Crisis

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