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"To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull facilities can comprehend only in the most primitive forms--this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of the devoutly religious men."
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"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
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"I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."
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"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
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"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
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"If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor."
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"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."
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"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field."
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
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"The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while."
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