Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus…

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and...

Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a...

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a...

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

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

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,...

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because...

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because...

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the...

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...

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

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...

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that...

But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

Part of the strength of science is that it has tended to attract individuals who...

Part of the strength of science is that it has tended to attract individuals who...