Albert Einstein Lear Quotations

I am exclusively occupied with the problem of gravitation and hope with the help of a local mathematician friend [Marcel Grossman] to overcome all the difficulties. One thing is certain, however, that never in life have I been quite so tormented. A great respect for mathematics has been instilled within me, the subtler aspects of which, in my stupidity, I regarded until now as pure luxury.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Nuclear power is one hell of a way to boil water

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will.

There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.

The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.

If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn

If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking.

I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.

"One becomes a deeply religious nonbeliever...". It is clear from the original that it is definitely not "I".

The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.

The discovery of nuclear reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than the discovery of matches.

Why does this applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.

You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.