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Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

—  Albert Einstein

Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. This new phenomena would also lead to the construction of bombs ... A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port, together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air.

—  Albert Einstein

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

—  Albert Einstein

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

—  Albert Einstein

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.

—  Albert Einstein

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

—  Albert Einstein

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

—  Albert Einstein

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

—  Albert Einstein

It is high time that the idea of success be replaced by the idea of service.

—  Albert Einstein

We cannot dispair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.

—  Albert Einstein