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
Conviction is a good motive, but a bad judge.
To see with one's own eyes, to feel and judge without succumbing to the suggestive power of the fashion of the day, to be able to express what one has seen and felt in a snappy sentence or even in a cunningly wrought word - is that not glorious? Is it not a proper subject for congregation?
Without creative, independently thinking and judging personalities the upward development of society is as unthinkable as the development of the individual personality without the nourishing soil of the community.
The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge of his work. It never says "yes" to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says "Maybe," and in the great majority of cases simply "No." If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter "Maybe," and if it does not agree it means "No." Probably every theory will some day experience its "No" - most theories, soon after conception.
When I'm judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.
Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.
When I am judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.
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.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.
Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Out of clutter find simplicity.From Discord make harmony.In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity.