Author Detail for Albert Einstein (23 Quotes)

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1 Albert Einstein General Labor Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
2 Albert Einstein General Work Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
3 Albert Einstein Science Relativity When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
4 Albert Einstein Science Knowledge The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.
5 Albert Einstein General Example The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds.
6 Albert Einstein Business Money Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the moneybags of Carnegie?
7 Albert Einstein Literature Reading Reading after a certain age diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
8 Albert Einstein Politics Peace Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
9 Albert Einstein Religion Chance I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos!
10 Albert Einstein Science Knowledge All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
11 Albert Einstein Science Religion Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
12 Albert Einstein Religion Service The only life worth living is a life lived for others.
13 Albert Einstein Politics Expediency An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
14 Albert Einstein General Wisdom The majority of us prefer to look to the outside world and not inside of your own self.
15 Albert Einstein Science Thought The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
16 Albert Einstein General Goals Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem in my opinion to characterize our age.
17 Albert Einstein Science Atomic Energy The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
18 Albert Einstein General Speech 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.
19 Albert Einstein Science Imagination Imagination will take you everywhere.
20 Albert Einstein Science Mystery The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead - his eyes are closed.
21 Albert Einstein General Meaning Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
22 Albert Einstein Science Problems The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
23 Albert Einstein General Life There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.