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When someone's really good at encapsulating human emotion and putting it out in a form that can reach a variety of people, that's going to have a big effect when he's no longer there. ”
I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition. ”
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 will be killed. ”
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ”
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ”
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ”
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe. ”
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. ”
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. ”
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. ”