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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

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The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Albert Einstein

The New York Times · 1921

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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

Science and Religion · 1941

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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Albert Einstein

The World As I See It · 1949

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Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Albert Einstein

Letter to Barbara Lee Wilson · 1943

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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Albert Einstein

The New York Times · 1932

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Albert Einstein

Death of a Genius, LIFE magazine · 1955

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

Albert Einstein

LIFE magazine · 1955

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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein

Letter to Carl Seelig · 1952

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

Albert Einstein

Letter to Morris Raphael Cohen · 1940

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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Albert Einstein

Mein Weltbild (The World as I See It) · 1931

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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck · 1929

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Letter to Eduard Einstein · 1930

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In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

Letter to a friend

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