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Imagination
is more important than knowledge. |
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Human beings are a part
of the whole, called by us "the universe," a part limited
in
time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and
feelings,
as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical
delusion of our consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison
for us, restricting us to our own personal desires and
to affection
for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free
ourselves
from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to
embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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The
most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. They to
whom this
emotion is a stranger, who can no
longer pause to wonder and
stand rapt in awe, are as good as dead: their eyes are closed.
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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the
illimitable
superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are
able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Whoever
undertakes to set him- or herself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
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The
important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has
its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe
when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of
the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries
merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
Laws alone
can not secure freedom of expression; in order that
every person present his or her views without penalty there
must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
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Education
is what remains after one has forgotten everything he or she
learned in school. |
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and that I must exert myself
in order to give in the same
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Any
intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent.
It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in
the opposite direction. |
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The
ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given
me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness,
Beauty,
and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions,
outward
success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible. |
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Albert
Einstein, the greatest scientist and mathematician of the
twentieth century, studied philosophy. He felt deeply that
science, mathematics and technology not only needed to be balanced
with philosophy, ethics, spirituality, and the arts, but that they
were merely “different branches of the same tree.”
He said,
"All religions, arts and sciences are directed toward
ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical
existence and leading the individual toward freedom.” He felt it
no mere chance that universities originally developed from
clerical schools. “Both churches and universities - insofar as
they live up to their true function - serve the ennoblement of the
individual. They seek to fulfill this great task by spreading
moral and cultural understanding, renouncing the use of brute
force,” he explained. “Man owes his strength in the struggle
for existence to the fact that he is a social living animal. As
little as a battle between single ants of an ant hill is essential
for survival, just so little is this the case with the individual
members of a human community.” Present world leaders could
benefit from this profound truth!
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Albert
Einstein and Scientific (R&D) Research and Development:
The Einstein
Telescope Gravitational Wave R&D Project Fund
R&D Tax Cedits Available for Scientific
Fields in the US
Scientific Study for R&D Tax Credits Under IRC
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Russell - Betty Eadie - Booker
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