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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

~Jacob Bronowski

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Power is the by-product of understanding.

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Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

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To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

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The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Scientist

Born: September 1st, 1908

Died: August 22nd, 1974

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