Walter Isaacson - Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007)

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When the conventional wisdom of physics seemed to conflict with an elegant theory of his, Einstein was inclined to question that wisdom rather than his theory, often to have his stubbornness rewarded.

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One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness. Such men make this cosmos and its construction the pivot of their emotional life, in order to find the peace and security which they cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.

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Physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky action at a distance.

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Politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.

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For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.

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