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Check the dates that I posted. The first two are from 17th and the last is from 18th. I screwed up on different post, so I’ve been trying to watch myself. Thanks for letting me know anyway.

“The gunfire around us makes it hard to hear. But the human voice is different from other sounds. It can be heard over noises that bury everything else. Even when it’s not shouting. Even if it’s just a whisper. Even the lowest whisper, can be heard over armies when it’s telling the truth.”
~Think it came from a movie, but can’t remember.

I remember that, heres more Einstein for ya.


"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.
If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker".

"Only a life lived for others is a life worth while."

"If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."

"only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person."

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty grl for an hou, and it seems like a minute. THAT's relativity."

" The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has mearly made more urgent the necessity of solveing an existing one."

" The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, thus we drift toward unparalled catastrophe."

" the real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man."

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When einstein died on April 18,1955 he left a peice of paper of writing ending in a unfinished sentence. These Are his last words:
In essence, the conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again present to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is that, this time, the development of atomic power has imbued the struggle with a ghostly charactor; for both parties know and admit that, ahould the quarrel deteriorate into actual war, mankind is doomed. Despite this knowledge, statesmen is responsible posistions on both sides continue to employ the well known technique of seeking to intimidate the demoralized the opponent by mrshingaling superior military strength. They do so even though such a policy entails the risk of war and doom. Not one statesmen in a position of responsibility has dared to pursue the onl course that holds out any promise of peace, the course of supranational security, since for the statesman to follow such a course would be tantamount to political suicide. Political passions, once they have fanned into flame, exact their victims... Citater fra.......

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