Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
From Albert Einstein
Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
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.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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