I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - This is a somewhat new kind of religion.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - This is a somewhat new kind of religion.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed...

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed...

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

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,...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man...

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man...

Information is not knowledge.

Information is not knowledge.

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

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

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...

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... it takes a touch of...

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... it takes a touch of...

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.