All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the...

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They...

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They...

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the...

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and...

Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and...

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.

We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.