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Today We Must Abandon Competition And Secure Cooperation. This Must Be The Central Fact In All Our Considerations Of International Affairs; Otherwise We Face Certain Disaster. Past Thinking And Methods Did Not Prevent World Wars. Future Thinking Must Prevent Wars...the Stakes Are Immense, The Task Colossal The Time Is Short. But We May Hope- We Must Hope- That Man's Own Creation, Man's Own Genius, Will Not Destroy Him.

-Albert Einstein

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Today We Must Abandon

Albert Einstein

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Today We Must Abandon Competition And Secure Cooperation. This Must Be The Central Fact In All Our Considerations Of International Affairs; Otherwise We Face Certain Disaster. Past Thinking And Methods Did Not Prevent World Wars. Future Thinking Must Prevent Wars...the Stakes Are Immense, The Task Colossal The Time Is Short. But We May Hope- We Must Hope- That Man's Own Creation, Man's Own Genius, Will Not Destroy Him.

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Earnestly I Must Exert Myself In Order To Return As Much As I Have Received.

Given The Millions Of Billions Of Earth-like Planets, Life Elsewhere In The Universe Without A Doubt, Does Exist. In The Vastness Of The Universe We Are Not Alone.

I Recently Discussed With An Intelligent And Well-disposed Man The Threat Of Another War, Which In My Opinion Would Seriously Endanger The Existence Of Mankind, And I Remarked That Only A Supranational Organization Would Offer Protection From That Danger. Thereupon My Visitor, Very Calmly And Coolly, Said To Me: "why Are You So Deeply Opposed To The Disappearance Of The Human Race?".

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Human Knowledge And Skills Alone Cannot Lead Humanity To A Happy And Dignified Life. Humanity Has Every Reason To Place The Proclaimers Of High Moral Standards And Values Above The Discoverers Of Objective Truth.

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Matter Is Energy ... Energy Is Light ... We Are All Light Beings

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