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In Talking About Human Rights Today, We Are Referring Primarily To The Following Demands: Protection Of The Individual Against Arbitrary Infringement By Other Individuals Or By The Government; The Right To Work And To Adequate Earnings From Work; Freedom Of Discussion And Teaching; Adequate Participation Of The Individual In The Formation Of His Government. These Human Rights Are Nowadays Recognised Theoretically, Although, By Abundant Use Of Formalistic, Legal Manoeuvres, They Are Being Violated To A Much Greater Extent Than Even A Generation Ago.

-Albert Einstein

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In Talking About Human Rights Today, We Are Referring Primarily To The Following Demands: Protection Of The Individual Against Arbitrary Infringement By Other Individuals Or By The Government; The Right To Work And To Adequate Earnings From Work; Freedom Of Discussion And Teaching; Adequate Participation Of The Individual In The Formation Of His Government. These Human Rights Are Nowadays Recognised Theoretically, Although, By Abundant Use Of Formalistic, Legal Manoeuvres, They Are Being Violated To A Much Greater Extent Than Even A Generation Ago.

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The Most Beautiful Gift Of Nature Is That It Gives One Pleasure To Look Around And Try To Comprehend What We See.

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X + Y + Z X Is Work. Y Is Play. Z Is Keep Your Mouth Shut.

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We Dance For Laughter, We Dance For Tears, We Dance For Madness, We Dance For Fears, We Dance For Hopes, We Dance For Screams, We Are The Dancers, We Create The Dreams.

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Everything Has Changed Except The Way Man Thinks (when The Hydrogen Bomb Was Exploded)

It Is Difficult To Say What Truth Is, But Sometimes It Is So Easy To Recognize A Falsehood.

Despite My Being An Old Gypsy There Is A Tendency To Respectability Inherent In Old Age.

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If You've Never Failed, You've Never Tried Anything New.

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The Only Real Valuable Thing Is Intuition. The Intellect Has Little To Do On The Road To Discovery

What A Sad Era When It Is Easier To Smash An Atom Than A Prejudice.

Creativity Is Inspiration Having Fun

If You Feed Your Mind As Often As You Feed Your Stomach, Then You'll Never Have To Worry About Feeding Your Stomach Or A Roof Over Your Head Or Clothes On Your Back.

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You Do Not Really Understand Something Unless You Can Explain It To Your Grandmother.

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Make Everything As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler.

Please Explain The Problem To Me Slowly, As I Do Not Understand Things Quickly.

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Without "ethical Culture", There Is No Salvation For Humanity.

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If I Could Do It All Again, I'd Be A Plumber.

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To My Mind, To Kill In War Is Not A Whit Better Than To Commit Ordinary Murder.

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There Is No Greater Satisfaction For A Just And Well-meaning Person Than The Knowledge That He Has Devoted His Best Energies To The Service Of The Good Cause.

The Unleashed Power Of The Atom Has Changed Everything Save Our Modes Of Thinking And We Thus Drift Toward Unparalleled Catastrophe.

There's Something To Be Said For Relatives...it Has To Be Said Because It's Unprintable!

I Have Tried 99 Times And Have Failed, But On The 100th Time Came Success.

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God Gave Me The Stubbornness Of A Mule And A Fairly Keen Scent.

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It Is Impossible To Solve Significant Problems Using The Same Knowledge That Created Them.

A Man Who Is Convinced Of The Truth Of His Religion Is Indeed Never Tolerant. At The Least, He Is To Feel Pity For The Adherent Of Another Religion But Usually It Does Not Stop There. The Faithful Adherent Of A Religion Will Try First Of All To Convince Those That Believe In Another Religion And Usually He Goes On To Hatred If He Is Not Successful. However, Hatred Then Leads To Persecution When The Might Of The Majority Is Behind It.

What A Deep Faith In The Rationality Of The Structure Of The World And What A Longing To Understand Even A Small Glimpse Of The Reason Revealed In The World There Must Have Been In Kepler And Newton To Enable Them To Unravel The Mechanism Of The Heavens In Long Years Of Lonely Work!

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Analytics Will Never Tell You Everything You Want To Know.

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If I Had My Life To Live Over Again, I Would Elect To Be A Trader Of Goods Rather Than A Student Of Science. I Think Barter Is A Noble Thing.

I Don't Teach My Students, I Provide The Circumstances In Which They Can Learn.

The Great Moral Teachers Of Humanity Were In A Way Artistic Geniuses In The Art Of Living.

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To Get To Know A Country, You Must Have Direct Contact With The Earth. It's Futile To Gaze At The World Through A Car Window.

In Matters Of Truth And Justice, There Is No Difference Between Large And Small Problems, For Issues Concerning The Treatment Of People Are All The Same.

It Is Our American Habit If We Find The Foundations Of Our Educational Structure Unsatisfactory To Add Another Story Or Wing.

Fear Or Stupidity Has Always Been The Basis Of Most Human Actions.

My Sense Of God Is My Sense Of Wonder About The Universe.

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The Ability To Portray People In Still Life And In Motion Requires The Highest Measure Of Intuition And Talent.

Compounding Is The 8th Wonder Of The World.

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Life Is A Great Tapestry. The Individual Is Only An Insignificant Thread In An Immense And Miraculous Pattern.

If The Bee Disappeared Off The Surface Of The Globe, Then Man Would Have Only Four Years Of Life Left. No More Bees, No More Pollination, No More Plants, No More Animals, No More Man.

We Act As Though Comfort And Luxury Were The Chief Requirements Of Life. All That We Need To Make Us Happy Is Something To Be Enthusiastic About.

The Most Beautiful Experience In The World Is The Experience Of The Mysterious.

No Matter How We May Single Out A Complex From Nature...its Theoretical Treatment Will Never Prove To Be Ultimately Conclusive... I Believe That This Process Of Deepening Of Theory Has No Limits.

God Does Not Play Dice [with The Universe]. [ger., Gott Wurfelt Nicht.]

The Universe Is Stranger Than We Imagine!

I Have Made The Bhagwad Gita As The Main Source Of My Inspiration And Guide For The Purpose Of Scientific Investigations And Formation Of My Theories.

Our Task Is To Widen Our Circle Of Compassion To Include All Living Beings And All Of Nature

Knowledge And Ego Are Directly Related. The Less Knowledge, The Greater The Ego

I Have Always Loved Solitude, A Trait Which Tends To Increase With Age.

I Have Never Looked Upon Ease And Happiness As Ends In Themselves. This Ethical Basis I Call The Ideal Of The Pigsty.

Humiliation And Mental Oppression By Ignorant And Selfish Teachers Wreak Havoc In The Youthful Mind That Can Never Be Undone And Often Exert A Baleful Influence In Later Life.

The Only Sure Way To Avoid Making Mistakes Is To Have No New Ideas.

We Must Be Prepared To Make The Same Heroic Sacrifices For The Cause Of Peace That We Make Ungrudgingly For The Cause Of War.

A Man Should Look For What Is, And Not For What He Thinks Should Be.

Albert Is A Very Poor Student. He Is Mentally Slow, Unsociable And Is Always Daydreaming. He Is Spoiling It For The Rest Of The Class. It Would Be In The Best Interests Of All If He Were Removed From School Immediately.

You Can't Blame Gravity For Falling In Love.

Balance In Large Measure Is Knowing The Things That Can Be Changed, Putting Them In Proper Perspective, And Recognizing The Things That Will Not Change."

Thanks To My Fortunate Idea Of Introducing The Relativity Principle Into Physics, You (and Others) Now Enormously Overrate My Scientific Abilities, To The Point Where This Makes Me Quite Uncomfortable.

As Long As There Will Be A Man, There Will Be Wars.

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

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.

Example Isn't Another Way To Teach, It Is The Only Way To Teach.

The Cult Of Individual Personalities Is Always, In My View, Unjustified. To Be Sure, Nature Distributes Her Gifts Variously Among Her Children. But There Are Plenty Of The Well-endowed Ones Too, Thank God, And I Am Firmly Convinced That Most Of Them Live Quiet, Unregarded Lives.

The Years Of Searching In The Dark For A Truth That One Feels But Cannot Express, The Intense Desire And The Alternations Of Confidence And Misgiving Until One Breaks Through To Clarity And Understanding, Are Known Only To Him Who Has Experienced Them Himself.

I Am Enough Of An Artist To Draw Freely Upon My Imagination.

A Person Starts To Live When He Can Live Outside Himself.

The Value Of Achievement Lies In The Achieving.

Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Opposition From Mediocre Minds. The Mediocre Mind Is Incapable Of Understanding The Man Who Refuses To Bow Blindly To Conventional Prejudices And Chooses Instead To Express His Opinions Courageously And Honestly.

The Horizon Of Many People Is A Circle With A Radius Of Zero. They Call This Their Point Of View.

Art Is Standing With One Hand Extended Into The Universe And One Hand Extended Into The World, And Letting Ourselves Be A Conduit For Passing Energy.

Coincidences Are God's Way Of Staying Anonymous.

I'm Not A Genius. I'm Just Passionately Curious.

Convictions Can Best Be Supported With Experience And Clear Thinking.

The True Measure Of A Man Is The Degree To Which He Has Managed To Subjugate His Ego.

The Most Incomprehensible Thing About The World Is That It Is Comprehensible.

Nothing Will End War Unless The Peoples Themselves Refuse To Go To War.

The Tragedy Of Life Is What Dies In The Hearts And Souls Of People While They Live.

The Only Rational Way Of Educating Is To Be An Example. If One Can't Help It, A Warning Example.

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I Believe The Most Important Mission Of The State Is To Protect The Individual And Make It Possible For Him To Develop Into A Creative Personality.

Arrows Of Hate Have Been Aimed At Me Too, But They Have Never Hit Me, Because Somehow They Belonged To Another World With Which I Have No Connection Whatsoever.

The More Success The Quantum Theory Has, The Sillier It Looks

Everything You Can Imagine, Nature Has Already Created.

Men Like Henry George [ The Pioneer Of Land Value Taxation] Are Rare, Unfortunately. One Cannot Imagine A More Beautiful Combination Of Intellectual Keenness, Artistic Form, And Fervent Love Of Justice.

Art Is The Expression Of The Profoundest Thoughts In The Simplest Way.

E=mc2. Energy Equals Mass Times The Speed Of Light Squared

There Are Two Different Conceptions About The Nature Of The Universe: (1) The World As A Unity Dependent On Humanity; (2) The World As A Reality Independent Of The Human Factor.

Peace Cannot Be Kept By Force; It Can Only Be Achieved By Understanding.

The State Was Made For Man, Not Man For State.

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All That Is Valuable In Human Society Depends Upon The Opportunity For Development Accorded The Individual.

When A Man Is Sufficiently Motivated, Discipline Will Take Care Of Itself.

True Art Is Characterized By An Irresistible Urge In The Creative Artist.

Innovation Is Not The Product Of Logical Thought, Even Though The Final Product Is Tied To A Logical Structure.

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The Contemplation Of This World Beckoned As A Liberation (...)the Road To This Paradise Was Not As Comfortable And Alluring As The Road To The Religious Paradise; But It Has Shown Itself Reliable, And I Have Never Regretted Having Chosen It.

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It Would Be Possible To Describe Everything Scientifically, But It Would Make No Sense; It Would Be Without Meaning, As If You Described A Beethoven Symphony As A Variation Of Wave Pressure.

All Religions, Arts And Sciences Are Branches Of The Same Tree. All These Aspirations Are Directed Toward Ennobling Man's Life, Lifting It From The Sphere Of Mere Physical Existence And Leading The Individual Towards Freedom.

Understanding Of Our Fellow Human Beings...becomes Fruitful Only When It Is Sustained By Sympathetic Feelings In Joy And Sorrow.

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There Is Nothing Divine About Morality; It Is A Purely Human Affair. If People Are Good Only Because They Fear Punishment, And Hope For Reward, Then We Are A Sorry Lot Indeed. What The Individual Can Do Is To Give A Fine Example, And To Have The Courage To Uphold Ethical Values .. In A Society Of Cynics.

While I Am A Convinced Pacifist There Are Circumstances In Which I Believe The Use Of Force Is Appropriate - Namely, In The Face Of An Enemy Unconditionally Bent On Destroying Me And My People.

That Is The Way To Learn The Most, That When You Are Doing Something With Such Enjoyment That You Don't Notice That The Time Passes.

I Think That A Particle Must Have A Separate Reality Independent Of The Measurements. That Is An Electron Has Spin, Location And So Forth Even When It Is Not Being Measured. I Like To Think That The Moon Is There Even If I Am Not Looking At It.

Something Deeply Hidden Had To Be Behind Things.

It Is Harder To Crack Prejudice Than An Atom.

If Tomorrow Were Never To Come, It Would Not Be Worth Living Today.

Scientific Research Is Based On The Idea That Everything That Takes Place Is Determined By Laws Of Nature, And Therefore This Holds For The Action Of People. For This Reason, A Research Scientist Will Hardly Be Inclined To Believe That Events Could Be Influenced By A Prayer, I.e. By A Wish Addressed To A Supernatural Being.

I Have No Special Talent. I Am Only Passionately Curious.

Games Are The Most Elevated Form Of Investigation.

I Am A Determinist. As Such, I Do Not Believe In Free Will...practically, I Am, Nevertheless, Compelled To Act As If Freedom Of The Will Existed. If I Wish To Live In A Civilized Community, I Must Act As If Man Is A Responsible Being.

You Cannot Prepare For War And Peace At The Same Time.

For Any One Who Is Pervaded With The Sense Of Causal Law In All That Happens, Who Accepts In Real Earnest The Assumption Of Causality, The Idea Of A Being Who Interferes With The Sequence Of Events In The World Is Absolutely Impossible. Neither The Religion Of Fear Nor The Social-moral Religion Can Have Any Hold On Him.

My Passionate Sense Of Social Justice And Social Responsibility Has Always Contrasted Oddly With My Pronounced Lack Of Need For Direct Contact With Other Human Beings And Human Communities. I Am Truly A 'lone Traveler' And Have Never Belonged To My Country, My Home, My Friends, Or Even My Immediate Family, With My Whole Heart; In The Face Of All These Ties, I Have Never Lost A Sense Of Distance And A Need For Solitude.

A Mathematical Equation Stands Forever.

Mathematical Equations

No Scientist Thinks In Formulae.

I Do Not At All Believe In Human Freedom In The Philosophical Sense... Schopenhauer’s Saying, ‘a Man Can Do What He Wants, But Not Will What He Wants,’ Has Been A Very Real Inspiration To Me Since My Youth; It Has Been A Continual Consolation In The Face Of Life’s Hardships, My Own And Others’, And An Unfailing Wellspring Of Tolerance. This Realization Mercifully Mitigates The Easily Paralyzing Sense Of Responsibility And Prevents Us From Taking Ourselves And Other People Too Seriously; It Is Conducive To A View Of Life Which, In Part, Gives Humour Its Due.

I Think We Have To Safeguard Ourselves Against People Who Are A Menace To Others, Quite Apart From What May Have Motivated Their Deeds.

I Know Little About Nature And Hardly Anything About Men.

When We Are Working At Something, We Come Down From Our High Logical Horse And Sniff Around With Our Nose To The Ground. Then We Obliterate Our Traces In Order To Become More God-like.

One Had To Cram All This Stuff Into One's Mind For The Examinations, Whether One Liked It Or Not. This Coercion Had Such A Deterring Effect On Me That, After I Had Passed The Final Examination, I Found The Consideration Of Any Scientific Problems Distasteful To Me For An Entire Year.

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

I Once Thought That If I Could Ask God One Question, I Would Ask How The Universe Began, Because Once I Knew That, All The Rest Is Simply Equations. But As I Got Older I Became Less Concerned With How The Universe Began. Rather, I Would Want To Know Why He Started The Universe. For Once I Knew That Answer, Then I Would Know The Purpose Of My Own Life.

You Are The Only Person I Know Who Has The Same Attitude Towards Physics As I Have: Belief In The Comprehension Of Reality Through Something Basically Simple And Unified... It Seems Hard To Sneak A Look At God's Cards. But That He Plays Dice And Uses 'telepathic' Methods... Is Something That I Cannot Believe For A Single Moment.

Perfection Of Means And Confusion Of Goals Seem To Characterize Our Age. If We Desire Sincerely And Passionately The Safety, The Welfare And The Free Development Of The Talents Of All Men, We Shall Not Be In Want Of The Means To Approach Such A State.

The Woman Who Follows The Crowd Will Usually Go No Further Than The Crowd. The Woman Who Walks Alone Is Likely To Find Herself In Places No One Has Ever Been Before.

He Who Finds Though That Lets Us Penetrate Even A Little Deeper Into The Eternal Mystery Of Nature Has Been Granted Great Grace. He Who, In Addition, Experiences The Recognition, Sympathy, And Help Of The Best Minds Of His Times, Had Been Given Almost More Happiness Than One Man Can Bear.

If You Took Half Of Something And Continued To Take Half Of That Half And So On, You Would Never Reach An End.

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