Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) German-born Swiss American physicist.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
He who joyfully marches to the music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. This disgrace to civilisation should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!
No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.
I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
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