Albert Einstein
Germany
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher
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There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education
The only source of knowledge is experience
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once
The only real valuable thing is intuition
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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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