“I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.”
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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“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“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.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
— Albert Einstein Secondary source“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
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“A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.”
— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“There’s a simple rule: fish where the fish are.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed