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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
The most precious things in life are not those you get for money.
Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.
Only the one who does not question is safe from making a mistake.
In a sailboat I become oblivious to everything else in the world.
If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber.
The flag is a symbol of the fact that man is still a herd animal.
I like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.
You can't solve problems with the same thinking that caused them.
We [Jews] have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity
The moon does not simply disappear when we are not looking at it.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
You believe in a God who plays dice, I in complete law and order.
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
We might be the holographic image of a two-dimensional structure.
'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).
I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation!
I want to be cremated so people won't come to worship at my bones.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
[I] must seek in the stars that which was denied [to me] on earth.
Do you really believe that the moon isn’t there when nobody looks?
Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally.
You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.
The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.
Condemnation before investigation is the highest form of ignorance.
In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.
As I have said so many times, God doesn't play dice with the world.
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience.
If tomorrow were never to come, it would not be worth living today.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
As an elderly man, I have remained estranged from the society here.
The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true.
The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size
The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.
Organized people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want.
He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.