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Life, Albert Einstein

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Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Snotra (Norse)

Snotra A wise and gentle goddess. Guerber calls her the goddess of virtue and master of all knowledge. She knew the value of self-discipline.

Deities of knowledge

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of knowledge) Anulap Polynesian Micronesian) ♂ Anulap is a god of magic and knowledge in the Truk Island mythology of Micronesia (Truk), who teaches these things to humanity. Coeus Greek ♂ Coeus was not a god but in fact a titan. Erlang Shen Chinese ♂ Erlang Shen is often depicted with an extra 'truth-seeing' eye in the centre of his head. Fabulinus Roman ♂ Offerings were given to Fabulinus when a child spoke its first words because he was the god that taught children to speak. Ogma Irish ♂ Ogma was thought to have invented the first Irish alphabet, Ogham. Omoikane Japanese (Shintoism) ♂ Omoikane's name literally means Serving One's Thoughts. Thoth Egyptian ♂ Thoth became credited by the ancient Egyptians as the inventor of writing, and was also considered to have been the scribe of the underworld. Saraswati Indian (Hindu) ♀ Saraswati is the first of the three great goddesses of Hinduism. She is the Goddess of Knowledg...