Everything Should Be Made As Simple As Possible, But Not One Bit Simpler.
- Albert Einstein
Do Not Worry About Your Difficulties In Mathematics. I Can Assure You Mine Are Still Greater.
Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge…
Everything That Is Really Great And Inspiring Is Created By The Individual Who Can Labor In Freedom.
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 And Fulfills The Duty To Express The Results Of His Thought In Clear Form.
I Never Teach My Pupils. I Only Attempt To Provide The Conditions In Which They Can Learn.
I Know Not With What Weapons World War Iii Will Be Fought, But World War Iv Will Be Fought With Sticks And Stones.
The Important Thing Is Not To Stop Questioning. Curiosity Has Its Own Reason For Existing. One Cannot Help But Be In Awe When He Contemplates The Mysteries Of Eternity, Of Life, Of The Marvelous Structure Of Reality. It Is Enough If One Tries Merely To Comprehend A Little Of This Mystery Every Day. Never Lose A Holy Curiosity.
Try Not To Become A Man Of Success But Rather To Become A Man Of Value.
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.
The Hardest Thing In The World To Understand Is The Income Tax.
To Punish Me For My Contempt For Authority, Fate Made Me An Authority Myself.
Reading, After A Certain Age, Diverts The Mind Too Much From Its Creative Pursuits. Any Man Who Reads Too Much And Uses His Own Brain Too Little Falls Into Lazy Habits Of Thinking.
Insanity: Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again And Expecting Different Results.
Too Many Of Us Look Upon Americans As Dollar Chasers. This Is A Cruel Libel, Even If It Is Reiterated Thoughtlessly By The Americans Themselves.
Science Without Religion Is Lame, Religion Without Science Is Blind.
The Ideals Which Have Lighted My Way, And Time After Time Have Given Me New Courage To Face Life Cheerfully, Have Been Kindness, Beauty, And Truth. The Trite Subjects Of Human Efforts, Possessions, Outward Success, Luxury Have Always Seemed To Me Contemptible.
Common Sense Is The Collection Of Prejudices Acquired By Age Eighteen.
There Are Two Ways To Live Your Life. One Is As Though Nothing Is A Miracle. The Other Is As Though Everything Is A Miracle
The Secret To Creativity Is Knowing How To Hide Your Sources.
If The Facts Don’t Fit The Theory, Change The Facts.
You Cannot Solve A Problem With The Same Mind That Created It
I Never Think Of The Future – It Comes Soon Enough.
Science Can Only Ascertain What Is, But Not What Should Be, And Outside Of Its Domain Value Judgements Of All Kinds Remain Necessary.
Although I Have Been Prevented By Outward Circumstances From Observing A Strictly Vegetarian Diet, I Have Long Been An Adherent To The Cause In Principle. Besides Agreeing With The Aims Of Vegetarianism For Aesthetic And Moral Reasons, It Is My View That A Vegetarian Manner Of Living By Its Purely Physical Effect On The Human Temperament Would Most Beneficially Influence The Lot Of Mankind.
Laws Alone Can Not Secure Freedom Of Expression; In Order That Every Man Present His Views Without Penalty There Must Be Spirit Of Tolerance In The Entire Population.
If A Is Success In Life, Then A Equals X Plus Y Plus Z. Work Is X; Y Is Play; And Z Is Keeping Your Mouth Shut.
Reality Is Merely An Illusion, Albeit A Very Persistent One.
Before God We Are All Equally Wise – And Equally Foolish.
You Cannot Simultaneously Prevent And Prepare For War.
At Any Rate, I Am Convinced That He [God] Does Not Play Dice.
As Far As The Laws Of Mathematics Refer To Reality, They Are Not Certain; And As Far As They Are Certain, They Do Not Refer To Reality.
It Is The Duty Of Every Citizen According To His Best Capacities To Give Validity To His Convictions In Political Affairs.
Only Two Things Are Infinite, The Universe And Human Stupidity, And I’m Not Sure About The Former.
The Most Incomprehensible Thing About The World Is That It Is At All Comprehensible.
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