~ Albert Einstein Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

Heroism on command senseless violence and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

The deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe forms my idea of God.

[MysteRy]

Every day man is making bigger and better fool-proof things and every day nature is making bigger and better fools. So far I think nature is winning.

[MysteRy]

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

[MysteRy]

Any 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.

[MysteRy]

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?

[MysteRy]

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it's two hours. That's relativity.

[MysteRy]

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.

[MysteRy]

When I examine myself and my methods of thought I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

[MysteRy]

He who joyfully marches to 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.

[MysteRy]

Reading after a certain (time) 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.

[MysteRy]

To know what is impenetrable to us really exists manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty...this knowledge this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.