Thursday 12 July 2012

Albert Einstein Quotes


“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
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“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
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“The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.”
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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
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“Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
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“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”
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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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“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
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“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
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“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
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“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
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“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
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“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
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“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
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“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
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“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
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“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
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“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
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“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling 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.”
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“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
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“You never fail until you stop trying.”
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“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
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“Black holes are where God divided by zero.”
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“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
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“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”
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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
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“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
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“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
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“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
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“When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.”
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“Love is a better master than duty.”
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“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
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“It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
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“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut”
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“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
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“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.”
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“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
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1 comments:

  1. I may not be fond of Physics, (not all people like it right?) but Albert Einstein quotes made me curious about it. I like the way he put humor on his quotes while applying scientific basis. Thanks for this collection!

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