Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.:274 Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 March 1879
CityUlm, Germany
CountryGermany
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as 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.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Imagination is the highest form of research.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Even a fool is wise after an event.
Was wirklich zählt, ist Intuition
Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.
With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.
My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.
My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature".