Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we … - Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein

Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin and accept them as unalterable facts. They then become labeled as 'conceptual necessities,' etc. The road of scientific progress is frequently blocked for long periods by such errors.

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Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.

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I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.

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I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

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