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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Imagination is more important than knowledge

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education
Albert Einstein

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all sience. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Science without epistemology is -insofar as it is thinkable at all - primitive and muddled.

As far as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality,they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.




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