Albert Einstein

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike read more

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of
patterns. If his patterns are more permanent read more

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of
patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is
because they are made with ideas.

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a read more

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.