The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next. This applies today in an even higher degree than in former times, for through modern development of economic life,…

Quote by Albert Einstein

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As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military...

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military...

But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true...

But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true...

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the...

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the...

Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one

Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one

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 never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

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

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

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...

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

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

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

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about...

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about...

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point...

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point...

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...

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me...

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me...