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Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to
the tailor.
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human
stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
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The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
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I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe
when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
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Interestingly, according to modern astronomers,
space is finite. This is a very comforting thought --
particularly for people who can never remember where
they have left things.
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What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists?
In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
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Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics.
I can assure you mine are still greater.
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Imagination is more important than knowledge...
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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the
illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the
slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and
feeble mind.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the
mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure
of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend
a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem.
It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an
existing one.
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Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our
politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far
more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
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The body is a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory,
a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary,
full of secrets and marvels!
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors,
a location where, it cannot be argued, there are
never enough comfortable chairs.
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Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns,
so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
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I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam;
I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.
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Against every great and noble endeavor are a thousand
mediocre minds.
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Speak to the earth, and it shall teach you.