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One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

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.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Sit next to a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. Sit on a red-hot stove for a minute, it seems like an hour. That's relativity.

Everything that can be counted doesn't necessarily count; everything that counts can't necessarily be counted.

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.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.