Albert Einstein
At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice.
Albert EinsteinConcern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavor. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
Albert EinsteinI think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Albert EinsteinWhoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
Albert EinsteinGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert EinsteinI want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.
Albert EinsteinComputers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.
Albert EinsteinTo punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
Albert EinsteinIt is only to the individual that a soul is given.
Albert EinsteinHe who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert EinsteinLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
Albert EinsteinThe individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.
Albert EinsteinThe important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
Albert EinsteinWeakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Albert EinsteinBefore God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert EinsteinIt is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curious of inquiry. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.
Albert EinsteinGod does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Albert EinsteinTrue art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist
Albert EinsteinIf I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
Albert EinsteinIf the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Albert EinsteinTo my mind to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Albert EinsteinThe whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Albert EinsteinWhen 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.
Albert EinsteinNothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this counrty is closely related with this.
Albert EinsteinReality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
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