Albert Einstein ( 10 of 254 )
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.
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and read more
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty 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.
Information is not knowledge.
Information is not knowledge.
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small read more
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius read more
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.