Popular Quotes from Great Minds

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

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

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin what else does a man need to be happy?

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Information is not knowledge.

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

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

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If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

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The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.