Albert Einstein
Germany
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher
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Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
God does not play dice
God always takes the simplest way
Force always attracts men of low morality
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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