The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one...

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one...

To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system...

To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system...

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

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

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

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.

Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

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...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving...

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving...

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any...

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any...

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition...

The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition...

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;...

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;...

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new...

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new...