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Make Everything As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler. A Man Should Look For What Is, And Not For What He Thinks Should Be. We Cannot Solve Our Problems With The Same Thinking We Used When We Created Them. A Question That Sometimes Drives Me Hazy: Am I Or Are The Others Crazy? Any Intelligent Fool Can Make Things Bigger And More Complex... It Takes A Touch Of Genius - And A Lot Of Courage To Move In The Opposite Direction. All Religions, Arts And Sciences Are Branches Of The Same Tree. It's Not That I'm So Smart, It's Just That I Stay With Problems Longer.

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Make Everything As Simple

Albert Einstein

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Make Everything As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler. A Man Should Look For What Is, And Not For What He Thinks Should Be. We Cannot Solve Our Problems With The Same Thinking We Used When We Created Them. A Question That Sometimes Drives Me Hazy: Am I Or Are The Others Crazy? Any Intelligent Fool Can Make Things Bigger And More Complex... It Takes A Touch Of Genius - And A Lot Of Courage To Move In The Opposite Direction. All Religions, Arts And Sciences Are Branches Of The Same Tree. It's Not That I'm So Smart, It's Just That I Stay With Problems Longer.

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I Do Know That Kind Fate Allowed Me To Find A Couple Of Nice Ideas After Many Years Of Feverish Labor.

Don't Listen To Their Words, Fix Your Attention On Their Deeds.

Man Is, At One And The Same Time, A Solitary Being And A Social Being. As A Solitary Being, He Attempts To Protect His Own Existence And That Of Those Who Are Closest To Him, To Satisfy His Personal Desires, And To Develop His Innate Abilities. As A Social Being, He Seeks To Gain The Recognition And Affection Of His Fellow Human Beings, To Share In Their Pleasures, To Comfort Them In Their Sorrows, And To Improve Their Conditions Of Life.

The Facts, Although Interesting, Are Irrelevant.

Scientists Believe That Every Occurrence, Including The Affairs Of Human Beings, Is Due To The Laws Of Nature. Therefore A Scientist Cannot Be Inclined To Believe That The Course Of Events Can Be Influenced By Prayer, That Is, By A Supernaturally Manifested Wish.

Live With Purpose. Don't Let People Or Things Around You Get You Down.

Live With Purpose

Knowledge Of What Is Does Not Open The Door Directly To What Should Be.

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