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
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.
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.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
The value of achievement lies in the achieving.
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
It would be better if you begin to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.
Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.
As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.