I regard it as the chief duty of the state to protect the individual and give him the opportunity to develop into a creative personality.85

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.

If an idea does not seem absurd at first, there is no hope for it.

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

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feelings.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation.

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

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.

God does not play dice with the universe.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust; we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

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