Albert Einstein ( 10 of 254 )
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have read more
I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I read more
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!
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.
A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot read more
A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.
I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent
of the measurements. That is an electron has read more
I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent
of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, location and
so forth even when it is not being measured. I like to think
that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my read more
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family.
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of read more
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best for both the body and the mind.
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as read more
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
