50 Famous Quotes by Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German physicist and Nobel Prize winner who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history. His groundbreaking theories of relativity and his contributions to the development of quantum mechanics revolutionized the field of physics and changed our understanding of the universe. Einstein was also a committed pacifist and humanitarian, using his platform to advocate for peace and social justice. His legacy continues to inspire scientists and thinkers around the world. (Albert Einstein Biography).
Albert Einstein Famous Quotes
1. "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
2. "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
3. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
4. "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
5. "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
6. "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
7. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
8. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
9. "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
10. "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
11. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
12. "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."
13. "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
14. "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
15. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
16. "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
17. "You can't blame gravity for falling in love."
18. "The only source of knowledge is experience."
19. "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
20. "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."
21. "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
22. "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
23. "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."
24. "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
25. "Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
26. "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
27. "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."
28. "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."
29. "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
30. "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
31. "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
32. "I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."
33. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school."
34. "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle."
35. "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
36. "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
37. "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
38. "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
39. "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
40. "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
41. "Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."
42. "All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual."
43. "Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas."
44. "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."
45. "The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."
46. "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."
47. "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
48. "If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor."
49. "A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?"
50. "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
― Albert Einstein Quotes
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