The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.
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Imagination   
Science   
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It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
Subject:
Religion   
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Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
Subject:
Loneliness   
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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Subject:
Loneliness   
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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
Subject:
Science   
Language   
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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Subject:
Food   
Politics   
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Imagination is more important than knowledge...
Subject:
Imagination   
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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Subject:
Life   
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How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.
Subject:
War   
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Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Subject:
Success   
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Subject:
Reliability   
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Subject:
Happiness   
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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
Subject:
War   
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Subject:
War   
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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Subject:
Mistakes   
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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Subject:
Intelligence   
Work:
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The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
Subject:
Mathematics   
Science   
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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Subject:
Life   
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It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
Subject:
Physics   
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