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 measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing.
Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.
I see a pattern, but my imagination cannot picture the maker of that pattern. I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how can it conceive of a God, before whom a thousand years and a thousand dimensions are as one?
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
Outer changes always begin with an inner change of attitude.
I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.
You cannot love a car the way you love a horse. The horse brings out human feelings the way machines cannot do. Things like machines may develop or neglect certain things in people ... Machines make our life impersonal and stultify certain elements in us and create an impersonal environment.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
Life is a great tapestry. The individual is only an insignificant thread in an immense and miraculous pattern.
I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.