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One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment.

Steven Weinberg

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Topic

Science and religion

Speaker

Steven Weinberg

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Weinberg, Steven. "A Designer Universe." Conference on Cosmic Design. 1999, Washington, DC, USA. Speech.

Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Isaac Newton

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Topic

Truth Philosophers

Author

Isaac Newton

Language

Latin

Time

1664 1660s 17th century

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Citation

Newton, Isaac. Questiones Quaedam Philosophcae. c. 1664.

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Success Materialism Simple living

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Albert Einstein Living Philosophies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Albert Einstein." Living Philosophies. Simon & Schuster, 1931, ch. 1.

Concern for the man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors; [..] concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

Albert Einstein

Read this quote at the New York Times

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Topic

Technological progress

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. Speech at the California Institute of Technology. 16 Feb. 1931, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Vocation Jobs

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Reporter

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "On Intellectual Freedom, 18 November 1954." Einstein on Politics, edited by David E. Rowe and Robert Schulmann. Princeton University Press, 2007, ch. 10. Originally from Letter to the editor published in The Reporter, 18 Nov. 1954.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two thirds of the people of the earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.

Albert Einstein

Read Einstein on the Atomic Bomb at theatlantic.com

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Topic

Nuclear holocaust Nuclear war Nuclear weapons Civilization

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

Einstein on the Atomic Bomb Atlantic Monthly

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on the Atomic Bomb." Interviewed by Raymond Swing. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1945.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb. Princeton University Press, 2013, ch. 8.

The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases.

William Osler

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Topic

Wisdom from experience

Author

William Osler

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Osler, William. Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings. Henry Schuman, 1950.