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You Are Right In Speaking Of The Moral Foundations Of Science, But You Cannot Turn Around And Speak Of The Scientific Foundations Of Morality.

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You Are Right In Speaking Of The Moral Foundations Of Science, But You Cannot Turn Around And Speak Of The Scientific Foundations Of Morality.

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The Word God Is For Me Nothing More Than The Expression And Product Of Human Weaknesses.

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

People Like You And I, Though Mortal Of Course Like Everyone Else, Do Not Grow Old No Matter How Long We Live.

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Time Is Not At All What It Seems. It Does Not Flow In Only One Direction, And The Future Exists Simultaneously With The Past.

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Body And Soul Are Not Two Different Things, But Only Two Different Ways Of Perceiving The Same Thing. Similarly, Physics And Psychology Are Only Different Attempts To Link Our Experiences Together By Way Of Systematic Thought.

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Desire For Approval And Recognition Is A Healthy Motive, But The Desire To Be Acknowledged As Better, Stronger, Or More Intelligent Than A Fellow Being Or Fellow Scholar Easily Leads To An Excessively Egoistic Psychological Adjustment, Which May Become Injurious For The Individual And For The Community.

There Is Separation Of Colored People From White People In The United States. That Separation Is Not A Disease Of Colored People. It Is A Disease Of White People. I Do Not Intend To Be Quiet About It.

A Theory Can Be Proved By Experiment; But No Path Leads From Experiment To The Birth Of A Theory.

If We Knew What It Was We Were Doing, It Would Not Be Called Research, Would It?

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Good Acts Are Like Good Poems. One May Easily Get Their Drift, But They Are Not Rationally Understood.

I Owe As Much Of My Success To An Uncompromising Obstinacy As To Any Original Ideas.

The Constitution Only Guarantees The American People The Right To Pursue Happiness. You Have To Catch It Yourself. A Table, A Chair, A Bowl Of Fruit And A Violin; What Else Does A Man Need To Be Happy?

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

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A Brave Man, Whose Only Fault Was Being A Woman.

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My Only Genius Talent Is Inquisitiveness.

Strange Is Our Situation Here On Earth. Each Of Us Comes For A Short Visit, Not Knowing Why, Yet Sometimes Seeming To Divine A Purpose.

I Have Reached The Conviction That The Abolition Of The Death Penalty Is Desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability In The Event Of An Error Of Justice, 2) Detrimental Moral Influence Of The Execution Procedure On Those Who, Whether Directly Or Indirectly, Have To Do With The Procedure.

School Failed Me, And I Failed The School. It Bored Me. The Teachers Behaved Like Feldwebel (sergeants). I Wanted To Learn What I Wanted To Know, But They Wanted Me To Learn For The Exam. What I Hated Most Was The Competitive System There, And Especially Sports. Because Of This, I Wasn't Worth Anything, And Several Times They Suggested I Leave.

One Cannot Learn So Well As By Experiencing It Oneself.

Don't Dream Of Being A Good Person, Be A Human Being Is Valuable And Gives Value To Life.

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In Order To Be An Immaculate Member Of A Flock Of Sheep, One Must Above All Be A Sheep Oneself.

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

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You Teach Me Baseball And I'll Teach You Relativity...no We Must Not. You Will Learn About Relativity Faster Than I Learn Baseball.

I Have Made No Secret, Either Privately Or Publicly, Of Any Sense Of Outrage Over Officially Enforced Military And War Service. I Regard It As A Duty Of Conscience To Fight Against Such Barbarous Enslavement Of The Individual With Every Means Available.

It Followed From The Special Theory Of Relativity That Mass And Energy Are Both But Different Manifestations Of The Same Thing - A Somewhat Unfamiliar Conception For The Average Mind. Furthermore, The Equation E = Mc², In Which Energy Is Put Equal To Mass, Multiplied By The Square Of The Velocity Of Light, Showed That Very Small Amounts Of Mass May Be Converted Into A Very Large Amount Of Energy And Vice Versa.

During The Youthful Period Of Mankind's Spiritual Evolution Human Fantasy Created Gods In Man's Own Image, Who, By The Operations Of Their Will Were Supposed To Determine, Or At Any Rate To Influence, The Phenomenal World. Man Sought To Alter The Disposition Of These Gods In His Own Favour By Means Of Magic And Prayer.

I Always Found I Was In The Best Of Company, Alone.

Imagination Is Everything. It Is The Preview Of Life's Coming Attractions.

Do Not Worry About Your Difficulties In Mathematics. I Can Assure You Mine Are Still Greater.

In Every True Searcher Of Nature There Is A Kind Of Religious Reverence, For He Finds It Impossible To Imagine That He Is The First To Have Thought Out The Exceedingly Delicate Threads That Connect His Perceptions

We Must Dedicate Our Lives To Drying Up The Source Of War: Ammunition Factories.

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

Every Day I Remind Myself That My Inner And Outer Life Are Based On The Labors Of Other Men, Living And Dead, And That I Must Exert Myself In Order To Give In The Same Measure As I Have Received And Am Still Receiving.

Discussion And Argument Are Essential Parts Of Science; The Greatest Talent Is The Ability To Strip A Theory Until The Simple Basic Idea Emerges With Clarity.

It Is My Inner Conviction That The Development Of Science Seeks In The Main To Satisfy The Longing For Pure Knowledge.

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To Invent Something, All You Need Is Imagination And A Big Pile Of Junk.

To Dwell On The Things That Depress Or Anger Us Does Not Help In Overcoming Them. One Must Knock Them Down Alone.

A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing. So Is A Lot.

A Woman Is Always Right. But Sometimes Confused Or May Be Misinformed Or Rude Or Stubborn Or Senseless Or Unchangeable About Her Opinions Or Even Down Right Stupid At Times But Never Wrong... She Is Always Right.

If They Want To See Me, Here I Am. If They Want To See My Clothes, Open My Closet And Show Them My Suits.

I Have No Particular Talent. I Am Merely Inquisitive.

If [quantum Theory] Is Correct, It Signifies The End Of Physics As A Science.

The Greatest Activity Of Which Man Is Capable: Opening Up Yet Another Fragment Of The Frontier Of Beauty.

The Single Most Important Decision Any Of Us Will Ever Make Is Whether Or Not To Believe The Universe Is Friendly.

Conventional Words Or Other Signs Have To Be Sought For Laboriously Only In A Second Stage, Where The Associative Play Already Referred To Is Sufficiently Established And Can Be Reproduced At Will.

Older Men Start Wars, But Younger Men Fight Them.

If People Are Good Because They Fear Punishment, And Hope For Reward, Then We Are A Sorry Lot Indeed.

You Might As Well Not Be Alive If You're Not In Awe Of God.

More The Knowledge Lesser The Ego, Lesser The Knowledge, More The Ego.

The American Lives Even More For His Goals, For The Future, Than The European. Life For Him Is Always Becoming, Never Being.

On The Left-hand Side Of The Field Equation We May Add The Fundamental Tensor Guv, Multiplied By A Universal Constant, -λ, At Present Unknown, Without Destroying The General Covariance.

The Release Of Atomic Power Has Changed Everything Except Our Way Of Thinking ... The Solution To This Problem Lies In The Heart Of Mankind. If Only I Had Known, I Should Have Become A Watchmaker. (1945)

What Use Are Socks? They Only Produce Holes.

The More I Learn, The More I Realize I Don't Know.

What I'm Really Interested In Is Whether God Could Have Made The World In A Different Way; That Is, Whether The Necessity Of Logical Simplicity Leaves Any Freedom At All.

Even Trivial Events Demonstrate Strong Devotion To The Universe And Small Concern For Ego.

...behind All The Discernible Laws And Connections, There Remains Something Subtle, Intangible And Inexplicable.

If I Were To Start Taking Care Of My Grooming, I Would No Longer Be My Own Self.

Laws Alone Can Not Secure Freedom Of Expression; In Order That Every Man Present His Views Without Penalty There Must Be Spirit Of Tolerance In The Entire Population.

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.

You See, Wire Telegraph Is A Kind Of A Very, Very Long Cat. You Pull His Tail In New York And His Head Is Meowing In Los Angeles. Do You Understand This? And Radio Operates Exactly The Same Way: You Send Signals Here, They Receive Them There. The Only Difference Is That There Is No Cat.

The True Definition Of Madness Is Repeating The Same Action, Over And Over, Hoping For A Different Result.

Marie Curie Is, Of All Celebrated Beings, The Only One Whom Fame Has Not Corrupted.

A Person Who Never Made A Mistake Never Tried Anything New.

We Must Not Conceal From Ourselves That No Improvement In The Present Depressing Situation Is Possible Without A Severe Struggle; For The Handful Of Those Who Are Really Determined To Do Something Is Minute In Comparison With The Mass Of The Lukewarm And The Misguided. And Those Who Have An Interest In Keeping The Machinery Of War Going Are A Very Powerful Body; They Will Stop At Nothing To Make Public Opinion Subservient To Their Murderous Ends.

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.

I Have Remained A Simple Fellow Who Asks Nothing Of The World; Only My Youth Is Gone - The Enchanting Youth That Forever Walks On Air.

I Believe My Theory Of Relativity To Be True. But It Will Only Be Proved For Certain In 1981, When I Am Dead.

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