"I take it to be true that..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
I take it to be true that pure thought can grasp the real, as the ancients had dreamed.
More by Albert Einstein
“[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?"] That is simple, my friend. It is because politics is more difficult than physics.”
“One can't teach a cat not to catch birds”
“No matter how we may single out a complex from nature...its theoretical treatment will never prove to be ultimately conclusive... I believe that this process of deepening of theory has no limits.”
More on Thought
“I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.”
“The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.”
“No nation has produced anything like his equal. There is no quality in the human mind, there is no class of topics, there is no region of thought, in which he has not soared or descended, and none in which he has not said the commanding word.”