Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was the embodiment of pure intellect, the bumbling professor with the German accent, a
comic cliche in a thousand films. Instantly recognizable, like Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Albert
Einstein's shaggy-haired visage was as familiar to ordinary people as to the matrons who fluttered about
him in salons from Berlin to Hollywood. Yet he was unfathomably profound — the genius among geniuses
who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed.
Even now scientists marvel at the daring of general relativity ("I still can't see how he thought of it," said
the late Richard Feynman, no slouch himself). But the great physicist was also engagingly simple, trading
ties and socks for mothy sweaters and sweatshirts. He tossed off pithy aphorisms ("Science is a wonderful
thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it") and playful doggerel as easily as equations. Viewing the
hoopla over him with humorous detachment, he variously referred to himself as the Jewish saint or artist's
model. He was a cartoonist's dream come true.
Much to his surprise, his ideas, like Darwin’s, reverberated beyond science, influencing modern culture from
painting to poetry. At first even many scientists didn’t really grasp relativity, prompting Arthur Eddington’s
celebrated wisecrack (asked if it was true that only three people understood relativity, the witty British
astrophysicist paused, then said, “I am trying to think who the third person is”). To the world at large,
relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the
1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian
David Cassidy calls “the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the
upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century.”
The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a
touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough
.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind
.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when
we created them.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you, mine are still
greater.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the
the universe.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be
fought with sticks and stones.
.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for
someone who's dead.
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.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted
counts.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more
important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Try not to become just a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
It´s not that I´m so smart; it´s just that I stay with problems longer.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not
stop questioning.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
The person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk?
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of
those who look on and do nothing.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse
it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of
Carnegie?
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you
sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is
keeping your mouth shut.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men
with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk?
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of
those who look on and do nothing.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse
it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of
Carnegie?
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid
.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you
sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is
keeping your mouth shut
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men
with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward,
then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid
that lack of civilization in high boots.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Albert Einstein was the embodiment of pure intellect, the bumbling professor with the German accent, a
comic cliche in a thousand films. Instantly recognizable, like Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Albert
Einstein's shaggy-haired visage was as familiar to ordinary people as to the matrons who fluttered about
him in salons from Berlin to Hollywood. Yet he was unfathomably profound — the genius among geniuses
who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed.
Even now scientists marvel at the daring of general relativity ("I still can't see how he thought of it," said
the late Richard Feynman, no slouch himself). But the great physicist was also engagingly simple, trading
ties and socks for mothy sweaters and sweatshirts. He tossed off pithy aphorisms ("Science is a wonderful
thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it") and playful doggerel as easily as equations. Viewing the
hoopla over him with humorous detachment, he variously referred to himself as the Jewish saint or artist's
model. He was a cartoonist's dream come true.
Much to his surprise, his ideas, like Darwin’s, reverberated beyond science, influencing modern culture from
painting to poetry. At first even many scientists didn’t really grasp relativity, prompting Arthur Eddington’s
celebrated wisecrack (asked if it was true that only three people understood relativity, the witty British
astrophysicist paused, then said, “I am trying to think who the third person is”). To the world at large,
relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the
1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian
David Cassidy calls “the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the
upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century.”
The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.
Best Quotes
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a
touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough
.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind
.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when
we created them.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you, mine are still
greater.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the
the universe.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be
fought with sticks and stones.
.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for
someone who's dead.
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.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted
counts.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more
important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Try not to become just a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
It´s not that I´m so smart; it´s just that I stay with problems longer.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not
stop questioning.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
The person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk?
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of
those who look on and do nothing.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse
it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of
Carnegie?
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you
sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is
keeping your mouth shut.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men
with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk?
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of
those who look on and do nothing.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse
it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of
Carnegie?
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid
.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you
sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is
keeping your mouth shut
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men
with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward,
then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid
that lack of civilization in high boots.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
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