Albert Einstein
Germany
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher
14 Mar 1879 // 18 Apr 1955
Physician / Philosopher
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead
The faster you go, the shorter you are
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits
The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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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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