Albert Einstein ( 10 of 254 )
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.
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.
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.
The next World War will be fought with stones.
The next World War will be fought with stones.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
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!
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
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.
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.