Why does this applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they...

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they...

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires...

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires...

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

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

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can...

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can...

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly...

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly...

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

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,...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn ones living at...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn ones living at...

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

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...

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...

Imagination is more important than knowledgeImagination is more important than knowledge

Imagination is more important than knowledgeImagination is more important than knowledge

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...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...