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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, human, humor, infinity, nature, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein

tags: humor, insanity, life
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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

tags: imagination, inspirational
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"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
— Albert Einstein

tags: inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
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"Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."
— Albert Einstein

tags: imagination
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"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
— Albert Einstein

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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
— Albert Einstein

tags: reality
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
— Albert Einstein

tags: humor
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"Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
— Albert Einstein

tags: creativity, humor
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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
— Albert Einstein

tags: mistakes
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"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."
— Albert Einstein

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"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."
— Albert Einstein

tags: humor
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"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
— Albert Einstein

tags: science
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"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school."
— Albert Einstein

tags: fav
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"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."
— Albert Einstein

tags: life, respect
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"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
— Albert Einstein (The World As I See It)

tags: coincidence, god, religion
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
— Albert Einstein

tags: greatness, opposition, spirit
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"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
— Albert Einstein

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"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
— Albert Einstein

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"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
— Albert Einstein

tags: change, deep-thoughts, thinking, world
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"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
— Albert Einstein

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"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."
— Albert Einstein

tags: funny
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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning."
— Albert Einstein (Relativity: The Special and the General Theory)

tags: physics, science
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"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."
— Albert Einstein

tags: music
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"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."
— Albert Einstein

tags: compassion, einstein, nature, philosophy
516 people liked it

"Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler."
— Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, science, systems
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"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
— Albert Einstein

tags: life
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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
— Albert Einstein (Albert Einstein)

tags: art, philosophy, science
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"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."
— Albert Einstein

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"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
— Albert Einstein

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"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
— Albert Einstein

tags: love
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"Never memorize something that you can look up."
— Albert Einstein

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"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

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"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."
— Albert Einstein

tags: dangerous, evil, people, world
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"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
— Albert Einstein

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"Love is a better master than duty."
— Albert Einstein

tags: love
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"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."
— Albert Einstein

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"Black holes are where God divided by zero."
— Albert Einstein

tags: humor
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"if a cluttered desk is that of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk?"
— Albert Einstein

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"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
— Albert Einstein

tags: force, peace
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"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
— Albert Einstein

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"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."
— Albert Einstein

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"You never fail until you stop trying."
— Albert Einstein

tags: inspirational
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"God does not play dice with the universe."
— Albert Einstein

tags: science
170 people liked it

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. "
— Albert Einstein

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"Albert Einstein's Rules of Work:

1) Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2) From discord, find harmony.
3) In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
— Albert Einstein

tags: clutter, difficulty, discord, harmony, oppurtunity, work
163 people liked it

"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut"
— Albert Einstein

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"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."
— Albert Einstein

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"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
— Albert Einstein

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"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
— Albert Einstein

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