Albert Einstein

Germany
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely
It is only to the individual that a soul is given
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder
It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man
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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
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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