Quotes from Albert Einstein


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    It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

    Alone | Lonely | Strange


    I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

    Peace | War | Fight


    One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

    Strength | Religion | Emotions


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

    Gets | Pays


    I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

    Life | Time | Share


    We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

    Intelligence | God | Powerful


    You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

    War | Prepare | Prevent


    Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

    Themselves | Dollar | Cruel


    The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

    Future | Power | Thinking


    I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.

    Ethics | Authority | Behind


    Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

    Strange | Popular | Unpopular


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

    Discovery | Process | Wonder


    In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

    Sheep | Oneself | Member


    The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

    Destiny | Individual | High


    I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

    Art | Artist | Freely


    People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

    Love | Results | Wood


    I have just got a new theory of eternity.

    Time | Eternity | Theory


    God always takes the simplest way.

    Faith | God | Simplest


    The man of science is a poor philosopher.

    Science | Poor


    We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

    Humanity | Despair | Ourselves


       

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