Albert Einstein Sit Quotations

Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought.

Curiosity is a delicate little plant that, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.

It is not by sitting still at a grand distance and calling the human race larvae that men are to be helped.

My relationship to the Jewish people has become my strongest human bond, ever since I became fully aware of our precarious situation among the nations of the world.

... on principle, it is quite wrong to try founding a theory on observable magnitudes alone. In reality the very opposite happens. It is the theory which decides what we can observe.

I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence - as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.

Curiosity is its own reason.

Even if you have to go through hell - go without hesitation.

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

Where there is love, there is no imposition.

The value of a man resides in what he gives

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 any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

In the view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who says there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views. (The Expanded Quotable Einstein, Princeton University, page 214)

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.

Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism.

The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

I have no extraordinary ability. I'm simply an inquisitive individual.

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.

We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.

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.

Brilliant spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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.

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.

Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.