"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore."
"Schools need not preach political doctrine to defend democracy. If they shape men capable of critical thought and trained in social attitudes, that is all that is necessary."
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Source: Letter to Heinrich Zangger (10 March 1914), quoted in The Curious History of Relativity by Jean Eisenstaedt, (p. 126), 2006.
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