But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true that pure thought can grasp reality, as the ancients dreamed.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best...

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best...

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and...

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and...

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our...

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those...

The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

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.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course,...

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course,...

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind...

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind...

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they...

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they...

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.