We can understand almost anything, but we can't understand how we understand

Quote by Albert Einstein

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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...

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and...

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and...

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice

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

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

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

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...

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...

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

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...

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our...

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

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...

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

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...

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...