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Albert Einstein
3/1879-4/1955 (Age at death: 76)

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory within physics. Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity. He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on the general theory of relativity. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the structure of the universe as a whole.

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



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Albert Einstein

A human being is part of the whole, called by us "universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, has thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest-- a kind of optical delusion of 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 circles of compassion ...
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Albert Einstein

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
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Albert Einstein

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Albert Einstein

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!

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Albert Einstein

I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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Albert Einstein

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element; I want to know his thoughts; the rest are details.

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Albert Einstein

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
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Albert Einstein

In my opinion, an autocratic system of coercion soon degenerates; force attracts men of low morality... The really valuable thing in the pageant of human life seems to me not the political state, but the creative, sentient individual, the personality; it alone creates the noble and the sublime, while the herd as such remains dull in thought and dull in feeling.
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Albert Einstein

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.
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Albert Einstein

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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Albert Einstein

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.
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Albert Einstein

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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Albert Einstein

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
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The World As I See It" by Einstein


Einstein at his home in Princeton, New Jersey
"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unkno...
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Albert Einstein

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

What I'm really interested in is whether God could have made the world in a different way; that is, whether the necessity of logical simplicity leaves any freedom at all.
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