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
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.
Do you believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me.
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.
Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.
Force always attracts men of low morality.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
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.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.