“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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Albert Einstein
“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”
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Albert Einstein
“One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.”
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Albert Einstein
“Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.”
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Albert Einstein
“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”
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Albert Einstein
“An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion soon degenerates. For force always attract men of low morality.”
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Albert Einstein
“I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.”
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Albert Einstein
“I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.”
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Albert Einstein
“I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.”
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Albert Einstein
“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.”
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Albert Einstein
“Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me”
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Albert Einstein
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”
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Albert Einstein
