TIMELY WISDOM

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Quotes: Albert Einstein



« I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. »
Albert Einstein


« The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking…the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. »
Albert Einstein


« Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. »
Albert Einstein


« I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice. »
Albert Einstein


« Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. »
Albert Einstein


« Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever. »
Albert Einstein


« Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them! »
Albert Einstein


« Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity. »
Albert Einstein


« 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. »
Albert Einstein


« In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep. »
Albert Einstein



« Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. »
Albert Einstein


« 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. »
Albert Einstein


« Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds. »
Albert Einstein


« The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. »
Albert Einstein


« The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. »
Albert Einstein


« Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. »
Albert Einstein


« The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge. »
Albert Einstein


« 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. »
Albert Einstein


« A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. »
Albert Einstein



« We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. »
Albert Einstein


« …one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought. »
Albert Einstein


« The only real valuable thing is intuition. »
Albert Einstein


 

« The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. »
Albert Einstein



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