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"I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right."
Change
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Lies
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Time
"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details."
Desires
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Knowledge
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Men
"If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"
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"If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
Equality
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Success
"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."
Success
"If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self ... so the hell with it ... I will continue to be unconcerned about it, which surely has the advantage that I'm left in peace by many a fop who would otherwise come to see me."
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"If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies."
Miscellaneous
"If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world."
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Success
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
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"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
Change
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Intelligence
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
Miscellaneous
"If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor."
Honesty
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Truth
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
Miscellaneous
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things."
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
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Knowledge
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Wisdom
"In light of knowledge attained, the happy achievement seems almost a matter of course, and any intelligent student can grasp it without too much trouble. But the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alterations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light -- only those who have experienced it can understand it."
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"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
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"In the middle of difficulity lies opportunity."
Lies
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Opportunity
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Adversity
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Difficulty
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Lies
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