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

Quote by Albert Einstein

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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

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

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

Information is not knowledge.

Information is not knowledge.

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...

When the solution is simple, God is answering

When the solution is simple, God is answering

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their...

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their...

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.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in...

The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in...

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even...

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even...

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...

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.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...