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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I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.
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It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood.
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The place of the expert is on tap not on top.
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I don't know what weapons will be used in the Third World War. But I can tell you what they'll use in the Fourth - rocks!
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Only the one who does not question is safe from making a mistake.
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It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants.
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The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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I'm not a genius. I'm just passionately curious.
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Man has an intense desire for assured knowledge.
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In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny.
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Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world.
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Imagination Is More Powerful Than Knowledge Because Knowledhes Is Limited But Imagination Is Without Boundaries.
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A human being is part of a whole called by us the universe.
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Failure is success in progress.
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Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.
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There are six-million shots in the game of pool.
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Time is an illusion.
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Where there is love, there is no imposition.
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Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.
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There is possibility in every difficulty.
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If you're not sure why you're doing something, you can never do enough of it. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Arrows of hate have been aimed at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I have no connection whatsoever.