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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I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

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.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and...

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and...

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...

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety...

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety...

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

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...

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and...

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and...

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...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.

Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.

Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows,...

Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows,...

We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.

We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.

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

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

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

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

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

Common sense is merely the deposit of prejudice laid down in the human mind before...

Common sense is merely the deposit of prejudice laid down in the human mind before...

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, Old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, Old age is slow in both.

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.