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"Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. The consequence was a positively fanatic orgy of freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is intentionally being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression. Mistrust of every kind of authority grew out of this experience, a skeptical attitude toward the convictions that were alive in any specific social environment - an attitude that has never again left me."
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"Whatever you believe in your heart, you will receive it."
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"Everything cannot be possible without thinking that everything is possible!"
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"You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe, you can only manage to force them to speak or act as if they do."
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"I done something bad, it was to believe that to read a book you must be a stupid guy. No people which read they are clever - the guy who said this is stupid guy!"
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"The human mind has a primordial affinity towards ideas of miracles and mysticism, especially, in times of weakness."
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"Beliefs can be dangerous viruses that can infect and affect a whole society, a country, and even a whole world."
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"The one who has enlightened view (right belief; samkiti), he indeed does not have any problems, anywhere. He remains only the Knower-Seer everywhere. As long as there is any problem or objection, it cannot indeed be called samkit (enlightened view, right belief)."
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"There's no point in believing in things that exist."
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"Many people are not conforming with theism, but they are comfortable with spiritualism."
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"Believing is half the cure."
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"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
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"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."
Philosophy

"No this trick won't work. . . . How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
Science

"The mystical trend of our time, which shows itself particularly in the rampant growth of the so-called Theosophy and Spiritualism, is for me no more than a symptom of weakness and confusion. Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning. - Letter of February 5, 1921."
Philosophy

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
Education

"The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it."
Age

"Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam?Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different."
Education

"I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've given me the nomination I feel that I am one."
Character

"I want to know all Gods thoughts all the rest are just details."
Spiritual

"I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals."
Politics
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