Albert Einstein Quotes
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Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it. This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion. 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.
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Everyone likes me, yet nobody understands me.
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security on the basis of law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.
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I know what it's like to see one's mother go through the agony of death and be unable to help; there is no consolation. We all have to bear such heavy burdens, for they are unalterably linked to life.
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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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Cherish the questions, for the answers keep changing.
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Common sense needs constant reappraisal.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
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The magic of compounding interest is truly the eighth wonder of the world!
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Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish.
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Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.
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Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success.
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Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
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It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses 'telepathic' methods... is something that I cannot believe for a single moment. moment.
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This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed.
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In the matter of physics, the first lessons should contain nothing but what is experimental and interesting to see. A pretty experiment is in itself often more valuable than twenty formulae extracted from our minds.
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...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.
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We often discussed his notions on objective reality. I recall that during one walk Einstein suddenly stopped, turned to me and asked whether I really believed that the moon exists only when I look at it.
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I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments.
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We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.
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Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego.
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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
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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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The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.