When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only
a minute. But when you read more

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only
a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you
think it's two hours. That's relativity.

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential read more

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through read more

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

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.

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
minute. But let him read more

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's
longer than any hour. That's relativity.

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between
mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful read more

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between
mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past
centuries, has recently ended in divorce.

When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one
sentence: Time and space and graviton have no read more

When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one
sentence: Time and space and graviton have no separate existence
from matter.

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.