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“Fundamental ideas play the most essential role in forming a physical theory. Books on physics are full of complicated mathematical formulae. But thought and ideas, not formulae, are the beginning of every physical theory.”
― The Evolution of Physics: From Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta
― The Evolution of Physics: From Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta
“¿Cómo un hombre va a ser capaz de cuidar su propio caballo, pulir su lanza y su casco, si ha perdido la costumbre de atender a su propia persona, que es su posesión más preciada?”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
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“La théorie, c’est quand on sait tout et que rien ne fonctionne. La pratique, c’est quand tout fonctionne et que personne ne sait pourquoi. Ici, nous avons réuni théorie et pratique : Rien ne fonctionne… et personne ne sait pourquoi”
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“A human being is a spatially and temporally limited piece of the whole of what we call the "universe". He experiences himself and his feelings as separated from the rest, an optical illusion of his consciousness. The quest for liberation from this bondage [or delusion] is the sole object of real religion. Not nurturing the illusion but only overcoming it gives us the attainable measure of inner peace.”
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