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Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin what else does a man need to be happy?

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

God does not play dice.

God always takes the simplest way.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.