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*''Lieber Habicht! / Es herrscht ein weihevolles Stillschweigen zwischen uns, so daß es mir fast wie eine sündige Entweihung vorkommt, wenn ich es jetzt durch ein wenig bedeutsames Gepappel unterbreche... / Was machen Sie denn, Sie eingefrorener Walfisch, Sie getrocknetes, eingebüchstes Stück Seele...?''
*''Lieber Habicht! / Es herrscht ein weihevolles Stillschweigen zwischen uns, so daß es mir fast wie eine sündige Entweihung vorkommt, wenn ich es jetzt durch ein wenig bedeutsames Gepappel unterbreche... / Was machen Sie denn, Sie eingefrorener Walfisch, Sie getrocknetes, eingebüchstes Stück Seele...?''
**Dear Habicht, / Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing a sacrilege when I break it now with some inconsequential babble... / What are you up to, you frozen whale, you smoked, dried, canned piece of soul...?
**Dear Habicht, / Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing a sacrilege when I break it now with some inconsequential babble... / What are you up to, you frozen whale, you smoked, dried, canned piece of soul...?
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**Opening of a letter to his friend Conrad Habicht in which he describes his four revolutionary [[Annus Mirabilis papers]]
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(18 or 25 May 1905) [http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol5-doc/81?ajax Doc. 27]
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**Opening of a letter to his friend Conrad Habicht in which he describes his four revolutionary [[Annus Mirabilis papers]] (18 or 25 May 1905) [http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol5-doc/81?ajax Doc. 27]
*'''E = mc²'''
*'''E = mc²'''
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*''Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht.''
*''Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht.''
**'''Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.'''
**'''Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.'''
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**Remark made during Einstein's first visit to Princeton University
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(April 1921) as quoted in ''Einstein'' (1973) by R.W. Clark, Ch. 14. "God is slick, but he ain’t mean" is a variant translation of this (1946) Unsourced variant: "God is subtle but he is not malicious."
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**Remark made during Einstein's first visit to Princeton University (April 1921) as quoted in ''Einstein'' (1973) by R.
W. Clark, Ch. 14. "God is slick, but he ain’t mean" is a variant translation of this (1946) Unsourced variant: "God is subtle but he is not malicious."
**When asked what he meant by this he replied. "Nature hides her secret because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse." (''Die Natur verbirgt ihr Geheimnis durch die Erhabenheit ihres Wesens, aber nicht durch List.'') As quoted in ''Subtle is the Lord — The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein'' (1982) by Abraham Pais <!-- Clarendon Press, Oxford, and Oxford University Press, New York --> [http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/faith.html einsteinandreligion.com]
**When asked what he meant by this he replied. "Nature hides her secret because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse." (''Die Natur verbirgt ihr Geheimnis durch die Erhabenheit ihres Wesens, aber nicht durch List.'') As quoted in ''Subtle is the Lord — The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein'' (1982) by Abraham Pais <!-- Clarendon Press, Oxford, and Oxford University Press, New York --> [http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/faith.html einsteinandreligion.com]
***Originally said to Princeton University mathematics professor Oscar Veblen, May 1921, while Einstein was in Princeton for a series of lectures, upon hearing that an experimental result by Dayton C. Miller of Cleveland, if true, would contradict his theory of gravitation. But the claimed discrepancy was quite small and required special circumstances (hence Einsteins's remark). The result turned out to be false. Some say by this remark Einstein meant that Nature hides her secrets by being subtle, while others say he meant that nature is mischievous but not bent on trickery. [The Yale Book of Quotations, ed. Fred R. Shapiro, 2006]
***Originally said to Princeton University mathematics professor Oscar Veblen, May 1921, while Einstein was in Princeton for a series of lectures, upon hearing that an experimental result by Dayton C. Miller of Cleveland, if true, would contradict his theory of gravitation. But the claimed discrepancy was quite small and required special circumstances (hence Einsteins's remark). The result turned out to be false. Some say by this remark Einstein meant that Nature hides her secrets by being subtle, while others say he meant that nature is mischievous but not bent on trickery. [The Yale Book of Quotations, ed. Fred R. Shapiro, 2006]
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*''' I am very smart. But not as strong-hearted as all the workers on earth for he toils endlessly and does it all to feed his family while I do it merely for solving an impossible puzzle.'''
*''' I am very smart. But not as strong-hearted as all the workers on earth for he toils endlessly and does it all to feed his family while I do it merely for solving an impossible puzzle.'''
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**Letter to his cousin Richard Einstein
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**Letter to his cousin Richard Einstein (October 1947)
* It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.
* It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.
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** ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=AIHgK-p6mhgC&q="It+is+easier+to+denature+plutonium+than+it+is+to+denature+the+evil+spirit+of+man"&pg=PA385#v=onepage The Real Problem Is in the Hearts of Men]'', [[w:The New York Times Magazine|The New York Times Magazine]] ([http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60715F63E5C14738DDDAA0A94DE405B8688F1D3 June 23, 1946])
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** ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=AIHgK-p6mhgC&q="It+is+easier+to+denature+plutonium+than+it+is+to+denature+the+evil+spirit+of+man"&pg=PA385#v=onepage The Real Problem Is in the Hearts of Men]'',
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[[w:The New York Times Magazine|The New York Times Magazine]]
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([http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60715F63E5C14738DDDAA0A94DE405B8688F1D3 June 23, 1946])
* '''A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.'''
* '''A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.'''
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===''My Credo'' (1932)===
===''My Credo'' (1932)===
[[File:Marie Curie and Albert Einstein.jpg|thumb| Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[justice]] has preserved me from feeling isolated.]]
[[File:Marie Curie and Albert Einstein.jpg|thumb| Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[justice]] has preserved me from feeling isolated.]]
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:<small>Speech to the German League of Human Rights, Berlin (Autumn 1932); as published in ''Einstein: A Life in Science'' (1994) by Michael White and John Gribbin
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([http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/credo.html Full text online])</small>
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:<small>Speech to the German League of Human Rights, Berlin (Autumn 1932); as published in ''Einstein: A Life in Science'' (1994) by Michael White and John Gribbin<!-- p. 262 Dutton, Penguin Books USA Inc., New York -->
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This repeats or revises some statements and ideas of ''Mein Weltbild'' (1931).([http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/credo.html Full text online])</small>
* '''Our situation on this earth seems strange.''' Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own. '''I am often worried at the thought that my life is based to such a large extent on the work of my fellow human beings and I am aware of my great indebtedness to them.'''
* '''Our situation on this earth seems strange.''' Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own. '''I am often worried at the thought that my life is based to such a large extent on the work of my fellow human beings and I am aware of my great indebtedness to them.'''
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* If only I had known, I should have become a watch-maker.
* If only I had known, I should have become a watch-maker.
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** According to ''The Quote Verifier'' (2006) by Ralph Keyes, Einstein never said any such thing. (According to p. 285 of the book's "source notes" Keyes checked ''New Statesman'' 16 April 1965, which is commonly cited as the source of this quote. Some other books claim it
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from ''New Statesman'' 16 April 1955 and at least one has it as 1945, but a [http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search?num=10&q=einstein+watchmaker+%22new+statesman%22 Google Books search] with the date range restricted to 1900-1995 shows that all the earliest sources give it as 1965. This includes the earliest source located, ''The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations'' from 1971, as can be verified by [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22of+his+making+the+atom+bomb+possible.+quoted+in+new+statesman%2C+16+april+1965%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 this search].) Keyes notes that Einstein "did use similar words to make a very different point" when he wrote, in a 1954 letter to the editor at ''The Reporter'' magazine, "If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances."
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** According to ''The Quote Verifier'' (2006) by Ralph Keyes, Einstein never said any such thing. (According to p. 285 of the book's "source notes" Keyes checked ''New Statesman'' 16 April 1965, which is commonly cited as the source of this quote. Some other books claim it
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from ''New Statesman'' 16 April 1955 and at least one has it as 1945, but a [http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search?num=10&q=einstein+watchmaker+%22new+statesman%22 Google Books search] with the date range restricted to 1900-1995 shows that all the earliest sources give it as 1965. This includes the earliest source located, ''The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations'' from 1971, as can be verified by [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22of+his+making+the+atom+bomb+possible.+quoted+in+new+statesman%2C+16+april+1965%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 this search].) Keyes notes that Einstein "did use similar words to make a very different point" when he wrote, in a 1954 letter to the editor at ''The Reporter'' magazine, "If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances."
** Similarly, in ''Einstein and the Poet'' by William Hermanns, [http://books.google.com/books?id=QXCyjj6T5ZUC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 86], Einstein is quoted saying the following in a 1948 interview: "If I should be born again, I will become a cobbler and do my thinking in peace."
** Similarly, in ''Einstein and the Poet'' by William Hermanns, [http://books.google.com/books?id=QXCyjj6T5ZUC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 86], Einstein is quoted saying the following in a 1948 interview: "If I should be born again, I will become a cobbler and do my thinking in peace."
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* Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.
* Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.
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** According to Barbara Wolff, of The Hebrew University's Albert Einstein Archives, this is not one of Einstein's identifiable quotations. (Source: [http://www.paralegalpie.com/paralegalpie/2009/11/did-anybody-really-say-that.html paralegalpie.com])
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** According to Barbara Wolff, of The Hebrew University's Albert Einstein Archives, this is not one of Einstein's identifiable quotations. (Source: [http://www.paralegalpie.com/paralegalpie/2009/11/did-anybody-really-say-that.html paralegalpie.com]
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** The phrase "the only source of knowledge is experience" is found in an English-language essay from 1896: "We can only be guided by what we know, and our only source of knowledge is experience" (Arthur J. Pillsbury, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw9IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA595&dq=%22only+source" "The Final Word"], ''Overland Monthly'', November 1896). The thought can be seen as a paraphrase of John Locke's argument from his ''Essay Concerning Human Understanding'': "Whence has it [the Mind] all the materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one Word, From ''Experience''". (Locke, [[s:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Book II/Chapter I|An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Book II/Chapter I, 2]]
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** The phrase "the only source of knowledge is experience" is found in an English-language essay from 1896: "We can only be guided by what we know, and our only source of knowledge is experience" (Arthur J. Pillsbury, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw9IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA595&dq=%22only+source" "The Final Word"], ''Overland Monthly'', November 1896). The thought can be seen as a paraphrase of John Locke's argument from his ''Essay Concerning Human Understanding'': "Whence has it [the Mind] all the materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one Word, From ''Experience''". (Locke, [[s:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Book II/Chapter I|An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Book II/Chapter I, 2]].
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** The phrase "information is not knowledge" is also found from the [https://books.google.com/books?id=W2oAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA59&dq=%22information+is+not+knowledge%22 nineteenth century].
** The phrase "information is not knowledge" is also found from the [https://books.google.com/books?id=W2oAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA59&dq=%22information+is+not+knowledge%22 nineteenth century].
* Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
* Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
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** As Quote Investigator explains, allegories about animals doing impossible things have been incredibly popular in the past century. But no, this one isn't from Einstein. (Source: [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/06/fish-climb/])
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** As Quote Investigator explains, allegories about animals doing impossible things have been incredibly popular in the past century. But no, this one isn't from Einstein. (Source: [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/06/fish-climb/]
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* Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.
* Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.
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** There's absolutely no evidence that Einstein ever said this. (Source: [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/16/everything-energy/])
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** There's absolutely no evidence that Einstein ever said this. (Source: [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/16/everything-energy/]
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* International law exists only in textbooks on international law.
* International law exists only in textbooks on international law.
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** The anthropologist Ashley Montagu said it in an interview with Einstein. (Source: [http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/montagu-ashley_conversations-with-albert-einstein-1985.html])
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** The anthropologist Ashley Montagu said it in an interview with Einstein. (Source: [http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/montagu-ashley_conversations-with-albert-einstein-1985.html]
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* Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves
* Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves