Albert Einstein ( 10 of 254 )
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.
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.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. read more
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably read more
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
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.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
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.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
