"The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise; but it has shown itself reliable, and I have never regretted having chosen it."

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Source: Albert Einstein, Stephen W. Hawking (2007). “A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein”, p.402, Running Press

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Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist known for developing the theory of relativity, which transformed our understanding of space, time, and energy.

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