Albert Einstein Quotes
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To think with fear of the end of one's life is pretty general with human beings. It is one of the means nature uses to conserve the life of the species. Approached rationally that fear is the most unjustified of all fears, for there is no risk of any accidents to one who is dead or not yet born. In short, the fear is stupid but it cannot be helped.
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Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life.
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I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification-the danger that the Germans would make them.
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How can this cosmic religious experience be communicated from man to man, if it cannot lead to a definite conception of God or to a theology? It seems to me that the most important function of art and of science is to arouse and keep alive this feeling in those who are receptive.
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The sole function of education... to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.
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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
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It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.
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If we have the courage to decide ourselves for peace we will have peace.
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Check out not to become a man or woman of achievement, but instead seek to become a particular person of price.
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Education is not received. It is achieved.
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Those who staying with the wrong reward, long enough will get problem.
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While you're trying to get ahead, remember to get aheart as well. When your only problem IS a nail, all you want is a decent hammer.
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Every thoughtful, well-meaning and conscientious human being should assume in time of peace, the solemn and unconditional obligation not to participate in any war, for any reason or to lend support of any kind, whether direct or indirect.
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I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.
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It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
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He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.
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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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We must learn the difficult lesson that the future of Mankind will only be tolerable when our course, in world affairs as in others, is based upon justice and law rather than the threat of naked power.
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When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years, we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn’t been one big decision.
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Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.
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Don't let your brain interfere with your heart.
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Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.
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The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.
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It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.