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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.
There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality.
I know that philosophically a murderer is not responsible for his crime, but I prefer not to take tea with him.
The ability to portray people in still life and in motion requires the highest measure of intuition and talent.
When Albert Einstein was asked what he would really like to know about the Universe he replied,'is it friendly?
Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.
In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.
Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.
I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher.
For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.
There may have been many big bangs, one of which created our universe. The other bangs created other universes.
The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.
To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.
To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong. It is full of evil because of those who do nothing.
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.
I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions.
My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.
The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.
Compound interest is the eighth natural wonder of the world and the most powerful thing I have ever encountered.
You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state.
Things which stimulate my curiosity are pretty far removed from the practical and therefore from classification.
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
... one does people the best service by giving them some elevating work to do and thus indirectly elevating them.
Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.
When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in a sock. So I stopped wearing socks.
The future is of greater interest to me than the past, since that is where I intend to spend the rest of my life.
Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.
The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.
Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.
I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.
The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.
To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.
To stimulate creativity one must develop childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition.
One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous