Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
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Mathematics   
Idea   
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Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Subject:
Experience   
Truth   
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The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
Subject:
Discovery   
Technology   
Science   
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Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries - not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized.
Subject:
Life   
Civilization   
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The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
Subject:
Intellect   
Science   
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Subject:
Stupidity   
Human Nature   
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A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
Subject:
Life   
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
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Kindness   
Work:
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The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
Subject:
Charity   
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I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
Subject:
War   
Future   
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Subject:
Fear   
Good   
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Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
Subject:
Mind   
Thinking   
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Only a life in the service of others is worth living.
Subject:
Kindness   
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
Subject:
Wisdom   
Mankind   
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If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Subject:
Success   
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Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.
Subject:
Peace   
Mankind   
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As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Subject:
Reality   
Mathematics   
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Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race.
Subject:
Nation   
Human Nature   
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
Subject:
Acting   
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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Subject:
Imagination   
Art   
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