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
I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.
You can't solve problems with the same thinking that caused them.
I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin.
[Freud's] sense of reality is less clouded by wishful thinking than is the case with other people and [he combines] the qualities of critical judgment, earnestness and responsibility.
When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves not only by skill but by independence of thought - then I must confess that all have had a lively interest in epistemology.
We cannot despair about mankind knowing that Mozart was a man.
I must seem like an ostrich who forever burries its head in the relativistic sands in order not to face the evil quanta.
I have become an obstinate heretic in the eyes of my colleagues. Momentary success carries more power of conviction than reflections upon principles.
The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses.
Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.
I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details.
Your ancestors dragged these black people from their homes by force; and in the white man's quest for wealth and an easy life they have been ruthlessly suppressed and exploited, degraded into slavery. The modern prejudice against Negroes is the result of the desire to maintain this unworthy condition.
Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure.
Those who believe that politics and religion do not mix, understand neither.