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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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule,...

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule,...

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly...

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly...

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only...

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only...

The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in...

The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in...

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered...

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones...

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones...

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel,...

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel,...

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

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

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.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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...

A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather...

A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather...

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...

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks...

One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks...

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only...

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only...

We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part...

We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part...