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
Albert Einstein quotes about
Watch the stars, and from them learn. To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.
The true value of a human being can be found in degrees to which he has attained liberation from the self.
There was this huge world out there, independent of us human beings and standing before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partly accessible to our inspection and thought. The contemplation of that world beckoned like a liberation.
Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into it's international affairs, which without the pressure of fear, it would not do.
I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings
It is appallingly obvious our technology has exceeded our humanity
Human beings, vegetables, or comic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player
Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race.
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
Out of clutter find simplicity.From Discord make harmony.In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.