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
Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries - not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.
Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.
If you have never failed, you have never tried anything new.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as duty but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.