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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Joy in looking and comprehending is natures most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is natures most beautiful gift.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical...

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical...

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

In that way imagination and intelligence enter into our existence in the part of servants...

In that way imagination and intelligence enter into our existence in the part of servants...

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...

Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.

Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new...

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new...

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the...

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect...

It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect...

We cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...

We cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...

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How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which...

LOVE: He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to...

LOVE: He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to...

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only...

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only...

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies...

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies...

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.