ALBERT EINSTEIN

 

 

 A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.

Curiosity is a delicate little plant which, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

God does not play dice with the universe.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love

I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber.

 If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith

If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books hould be such a popular fellow?

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer.

 My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born and that is all that is necessary

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble min

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

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

 Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who read too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Strange is our Situation Here Upon Earth.

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

 The only source of knowledge is experience.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.

 

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