1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
Albert Einstein – [Confusion]
Considered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of the human (or animal) mind.
Albert Einstein – [Humankind]
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.
Albert Einstein – [Theory]
During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief.
Albert Einstein – [Knowledge]
Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.
Albert Einstein – [Individuality]
Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
Albert Einstein – [Cooperation]
Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance.
Albert Einstein – [Education]
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.
Albert Einstein – [Peace]
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein – [Simplicity]
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Albert Einstein – [Heart]
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein – [Opinions]
Formal symbolic representation of qualitative entities is doomed to its rightful place of minor significance in a world where flowers and beautiful women abound.
Albert Einstein – [Science and Scientists]
God always takes the simplest way.
Albert Einstein – [Simplicity]
God does not play dice with the universe.
Albert Einstein – [God]
God is clever, but not dishonest.
Albert Einstein – [God]
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. I cannot believe that God plays dice with the world.
Albert Einstein – [God]
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love
Albert Einstein – [Love]
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Albert Einstein – [Opposition]
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein – [Death and Dying]
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, 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 Einstein – [Music]
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