Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
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Albert Einstein
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About Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Albert EinsteinWhen the solution is simple, God is answering.
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
God always takes the simplest way.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
The environment is everything that isn't me.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
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.