Biography
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. He was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity and his famous equation E=mc², which showed the equivalence of mass and energy. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Einstein died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey.
Here are 100 quotes by Albert Einstein:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"The only source of knowledge is experience."
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
"I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious."
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science."
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot."
"Imagination is the highest form of research."
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."
"I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am."
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
"The important thing is not to stop
"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
"The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working."
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
"The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest."
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."
"We should strive to do things in his [God's] spirit, not to understand them in our own."
"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
"The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one."
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The human mind is not capable of grasping the universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books - a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
"The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one."
"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."
"I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
"The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive."
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
"I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking."
"I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever."
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive."
"I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."
"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."
"The aim [of education] must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, can see in the service to the community their highest life achievement."
"The only source of knowledge is experience."
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot."
"In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons."
"It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"I have just got a new theory of eternity."
"The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one."
"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."
"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x, y is play and z is keeping your mouth shut."
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
