Albert Einstein

(physicist and 1922 Nobel prize winner; born 1879; died 1955)

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

Before God we are all equally wise -- and equally foolish. [Select]

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. [Select]

{Category: Work and Recreation}

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. [Select]

{Categories: Science and Religion, Success and Failure}

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. [Select]

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. [Select]

{Category: War and Peace}

I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

Imagination is more important than knowledge. [Select]

{Categories: Science and Religion, Wisdom and Ignorance}

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. [Select]

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy. [Select]

{Categories: Altruism and Cynicism, Success and Failure}

Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity. [Select]

{Category: War and Peace}

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

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. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

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