The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
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Discovery   
Technology   
Science   
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Truth is what stands the test of experience.
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Experience   
Truth   
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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
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Mathematics   
Idea   
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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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Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
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Mind   
Thinking   
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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.
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Life   
Civilization   
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He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
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Arrogance   
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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.
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Life   
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
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Wisdom   
Mankind   
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The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
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Intellect   
Science   
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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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Fear   
Good   
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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.
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Success   
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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.
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War   
Future   
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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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Only a life in the service of others is worth living.
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Kindness   
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Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race.
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Nation   
Human Nature   
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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.
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Peace   
Mankind   
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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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Politics   
Justice   
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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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When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.
Subject:
Respect   
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