If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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