Friday, May 9, 2008

Albert Einstein Quotes 2

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

“Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.”

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.”

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. ”

“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!”

“I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.”

“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.”

“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”

“It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.”

“It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.”

“Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”

“The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.”

“The only source of knowledge is experience.”

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”

“We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.”

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”

“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”

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