“He [the American] is friendly, self-confident, optimistic—and without envy.”
Albert Einstein
Ideas and Opinions (Primary source)
This book is a collection of essays, speeches, and reflections by Albert Einstein, offering insights into his views on science, philosophy, politics, religion, and society.
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
— Albert Einstein Secondary source“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. One could say that it has affected us quantitatively, not qualitatively.”
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“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Without justice courage is weak.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source