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It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.-- Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.-- Albert Einstein
Only a monomaniac gets what we commonly refer to as results.-- Albert Einstein
Common sense: The collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.-- Albert Einstein
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.-- Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.-- Albert Einstein
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.-- Albert Einstein
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.-- Albert Einstein
What is inconceivable about the universe is that it is at all conceivable.-- Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-- Albert Einstein
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?-- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-- Albert Einstein
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."-- Albert Einstein
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.-- Albert Einstein
Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.-- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.-- Albert Einstein
"To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition."-- Albert Einstein
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.-- Albert Einstein
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.-- Albert Einstein
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.-- Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."-- Albert Einstein
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.-- Albert Einstein
The world that we have made as a result of the level of thinking that we have done so far, has created problems we cannot solve at the level of thinking at which we created them.-- Albert Einstein
If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.-- Albert Einstein
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear and punishment and hope of reward after death.-- Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.-- Albert Einstein
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.-- Albert Camus
"A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years, but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind."-- Albert Einstein
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer `yes' without having asked any clear question.-- Albert Camus
Dear Miss ---
I have read about sixteen pages of your manuscript ... I suffered exactly the same treatment at the hands of my teachers who disliked me for my independence and passed over me when they wanted assistants ... keep your manuscript for your sons and daughters, in order that they may derive consolation from it and not give a damn for what their teachers tell them or think of them. ... There is too much education altogether.-- Albert Einstein (To a student)
In the end, man is not entirely guilty — he did not start history. Nor is he wholly innocent — he continues it.-- Albert Camus
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."-- Albert Einstein
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.-- Elbert Hubbard
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.-- Elbert Hubbard
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead
Just walk beside me and be my friend-- Albert Camus
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.-- Elbert Hubbard
Don't ask "why" unless you're not disappointed with answers like "I don't know."-- Andrew Walenstein