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I am thankful to all those who said NO to me It´s
because of them I did it myself.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
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I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
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It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
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I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
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Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
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Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.
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There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.
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I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
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The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.