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“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
Albert Einstein
“I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.”
“I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.”
“I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind”
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
“I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it”
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.”
“The horizon of many people is a circle with zero radius which they call their point of view.”