The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
Tag: Albert Einstein
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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.