Sayings, quotes and phrases by Albert Einstein: - I survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
- I learned to look at death as an old debt that must be paid sooner or later.
- A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
- Everything should be simplified as much as possible, but no more. Also an option: Everything should be presented as simply as possible, but not simpler. (formulation of the Occam’s Razor principle)
- A later version: “If the theory of relativity is confirmed, the Germans will say that I am a German, and the French that I am a citizen of the world; but if my theory is refuted, the French will declare me a German, and the Germans a Jew.”
- Humanity has every reason to value the proponents of moral values higher than the discoverers of scientific truths.
- Highest musicality in the field of thought.
- Technological progress is like an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal.
- Two types of soap are too difficult for me.
- The word "God" is to me just a manifestation and product of human weaknesses, and the Bible is a collection of venerable, but still primitive legends, which, nevertheless, are rather childish. No interpretation, even the most sophisticated one, can change this (for me).
- The only thing my long life has taught me is that all our science, in the face of reality, looks primitive and childishly naive - and yet it is the most valuable thing we have.
- The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible.
- If I knew that I was going to die in three hours, it wouldn't make much of an impression on me. I would think about how best to use those three hours.
- Since we scientists are destined for the tragic fate of further increasing the monstrous effectiveness of the means of destruction, it is our most solemn and noble duty to prevent with all our might the use of these weapons for the cruel purposes for which they were invented.
- The laws of mathematics that have any relation to the real world are unreliable; and reliable mathematical laws have no relation to the real world.
- The liberated energy of the atomic nucleus has called into question many things, including our way of thinking. If man remains unable to think in new ways, we will inevitably move towards an unprecedented catastrophe.
- The idea of a personified deity has never been close to me and seems rather naive.
- No amount of experimentation can prove a theory; but one experiment is enough to refute it.
- Every person is obliged to at least return to the world as much as he took from it.
- Our situation on Earth is truly amazing. Everyone appears on it for a short moment, without a clear goal, although some manage to come up with a goal. But from the point of view of everyday life, one thing is obvious: we live for other people - and most of all for those on whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.
- As I study myself and my way of thinking, I come to the conclusion that the gift of imagination and fantasy meant more to me than any ability for abstract thinking. Dreaming about everything you could achieve in life is an important element of a positive life. Let your imagination wander freely and create a world in which you would like to live.
- People cause me seasickness, not the sea. But I'm afraid science has not yet found a cure for this disease.
- Mathematics is the most perfect way to fool yourself.
- The world cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved through understanding.
- International laws exist only in collections of international laws.
- My husband is a genius! He knows how to do absolutely everything except money. (A. Einstein's wife about him)
- You see, a wire telegraph is like a very, very long cat. You're pulling his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand? And radio works the same way: you send signals here, they are received there. The whole difference is that there is no cat.
- Little knowledge is a dangerous thing, as is great knowledge.
- The real progress of mankind depends not so much on the inventive mind as on consciousness.
- Quantum mechanics is truly impressive. But my inner voice tells me that this is not ideal yet. This theory says a lot, but still does not bring us closer to unraveling the secret of the Almighty. At least I'm sure He doesn't roll the dice.
- The intellect should not be deified. He has powerful muscles, but no face.
- The true value of a person is determined by the extent to which he has freed himself from selfishness and by what means he has achieved this.
- Nothing will bring such benefits to human health and increase the chances of preserving life on Earth as the spread of vegetarianism.
- Common sense is the sum of prejudices acquired before the age of eighteen.
- Before God, we are all equally wise - or equally foolish.
- If people are good only out of fear of punishment and desire for reward, then we are truly pitiful creatures.”
- Solving physical problems is child's play compared to scientific and psychological research into children's play.
- The only thing that can direct us to noble thoughts and actions is the example of great and morally pure individuals.
- Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Only the life that is lived for the sake of other people is worthy.
- Perfect means for unclear ends are a characteristic feature of our time.
- The Lord God is sophisticated, but not malicious.
- Anyone who happily marches to the music in formation has already earned my contempt. He was endowed with a brain by mistake; a spinal cord would have been enough for him. This disgrace to civilization must end. Heroism on command, senseless cruelty and disgusting senselessness called patriotism - how much I hate all this, how low and vile war is. I would rather be torn to pieces than be part of this dirty act. I am convinced that murder under the pretext of war does not cease to be murder.
- Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But not at all like that.
- Man is a part of the whole, which we call the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He feels himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest of the world, which is a kind of optical illusion. This illusion has become a prison for us, limiting us to the world of our own desires and attachment to a narrow circle of people close to us. Our task is to free ourselves from this prison, expanding the sphere of our participation to every living being, to the whole world, in all its splendor. No one will be able to complete such a task to the end, but the very attempts to achieve this goal are part of the liberation and the basis for inner confidence.
- The question that puzzles me is: “Am I crazy or everyone else?”
- A person's ethical behavior should be based on empathy, education, and community connections. No religious basis is required for this.
- In my youth I discovered that my big toe would eventually make a hole in my sock. So I stopped wearing socks.
- I don't know what weapons the Third World War will be fought with, but the Fourth will use stones!
- Thanks to the fact that today the theory of relativity satisfies the tastes of readers, in Germany they call me a German scientist, and in England I am a Swiss Jew. If it comes to my denigration, then the characteristics will change places, and for Germany I will become a Swiss Jew, and for England - a German scientist.
The selection includes famous statements, phrases and quotes from Albert Einstein - a theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics, winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, public figure and humanist.
Although not everyone fully understands Einstein’s theory of relativity, we simply could not ignore this date and collected the coolest statements of the scientist.
Once, in a private correspondence with Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein admiringly remarked: “Your film “Gold Rush” is understood throughout the world, and you will certainly become a great man.” Chaplin answered him: “I admire you even more. Nobody in the world understands your theory of relativity, but you still became a great man.”
A. Einstein (1879-1955) -theoretical physicist, creator of the theory of relativity and one of the creators of quantum theory, Nobel Prize laureate
I don't have any special talents.
I'm just passionately curious.
There are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity.
Although I'm not entirely sure about the Universe.
Education is what remains after everything that was taught at school is forgotten.
Any fool can know. The trick is to understand.
Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But it's not like that at all...
Everyone knows from childhood that such and such is impossible.
But there is always an ignoramus who does not know this.
It is he who makes the discovery.
Logic can take you from point A to point B, and imagination can take you anywhere...
The difference between past, present and future is only an illusion
Common sense is the sum of prejudices acquired before the age of eighteen
Only a few are able to express opinions that diverge from the prejudices of the environment,
the majority of people are generally incapable of coming to such opinions.
Power always attracts people of low moral character.
Those who joyfully march in formation received the brain by mistake: for them, the spinal cord would have been enough.
I so hate heroism on command, senseless cruelty and what is united under the word “patriotism” that I would rather allow myself to be torn to pieces than be part of such actions.
The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to its former limits.
The main thing is not to stop asking questions...
The question that puzzles me is:
Am I crazy or is everyone around me?
Table, chair, fruit plate and violin -
What else does a person need to be happy?
Life is like riding a bicycle.
To maintain balance, you need to keep moving.
I thought and thought for months and years.
Ninety-nine times my conclusions were wrong.
But for the hundredth time I was right.
Never memorize anything you can find in a book.
If at first the idea does not seem absurd, it is hopeless.
Any intelligent fool is capable of inflating, complicating and aggravating. To do the opposite requires at least a little genius - and a lot of courage.
Learn from yesterday, live today, hope for tomorrow.
The main thing is not to stop asking questions...
Never lose your sacred curiosity.
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old child, you don't understand it yourself.
If you want your children to be smart, read them fairy tales.
If you want them to be even smarter, read them even more fairy tales.
Wisdom is not the result of education, but the result of a lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Most people argue that a great scientist is first and foremost an intellect.
They are mistaken: it is primarily character.
If A is success in life, then A = X + Y + Z, where: X is work, Y is passion, Z is a tightly closed mouth.
A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
I am enough of an artist to be able to draw freely in my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, but imagination embraces the entire Universe, pushing progress, giving rise to evolution.
The gift of fantasy means more to me than the ability to absorb positive knowledge.
The only truly valuable quality is intuition. On the path to discovery, the role of intelligence is insignificant.
Only daring guesses, and not the accumulation of facts, can lead us to success.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulate creative thinking.
Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid.
Morality is of the greatest importance - not for God, but for us.
A person must learn to understand the motives of his own kind, their illusions and their suffering.
Peace cannot be maintained by force.
Peace can only be achieved through understanding.
Never act against your conscience, even if state interests require it.
Attempts to combine wisdom and power were rarely successful - and even then only for a short time.
Truth is that which stands the test of experience.
Mathematics is the only perfect method that allows you to fool yourself by the nose.
There is always an element of poetry in scientific thinking. Real science and real music require a homogeneous thought process.
Science is a drama of ideas.
While a mathematical law reflects reality, it is not exact; Once a mathematical law is precise, it does not reflect actual reality.
The most incomprehensible thing in our world is that it is still understandable.
Fantasy is more important than knowledge.
The goal of all the activities of the intellect is to transform some “miracle” into something comprehensible...
No problem can be solved at the same level at which it arose.
Never act against your conscience, even if state interests require it.
Finding the truth is more important than having the truth.
I feel so in solidarity with all living things that it makes no difference to me where the individual begins and ends.
Nationalism is a childhood disease, the measles of humanity.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Mathematics is the only perfect method for fooling yourself.
Our math difficulties don't bother God.
He integrates empirically.
Since mathematicians took up the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it.
No amount of experimentation can prove a theory; but one experiment is enough to refute it.
The intellect should not be deified.
He has powerful muscles, but no face.
INTERESTING FACTS from the life of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein's wife was once asked:
- Do you know Einstein's theory of relativity?
“Not really,” she admitted. - But no one in the world knows Einstein himself better than me.
Einstein's wife was once asked what she thought of her husband.
She replied: “My husband is a genius! He knows how to do absolutely everything except money!”…
Once at a lecture, Einstein was asked how great discoveries are made. He thought for a moment and replied:
“Let’s say that all educated people know that something cannot be done. However, there is one ignoramus who does not know this. He makes the discovery!”
When Einstein was visiting the Curies, he noticed, sitting in the living room, that out of respect no one sat in the chairs next to him. Then he turned to the owner Joliot-Curie:
“Sit next to me, Frederick! Otherwise it seems to me that I am present at a meeting of the Prussian Academy of Sciences!”
Edison once complained to Einstein that he couldn’t find an assistant. Einstein asked how he determined their suitability. In response, Edison showed him several sheets of questions. Einstein began to read them:
"How many miles from New York to Chicago?" - and answered:
“We need to look at the railway directory.”
He read the following question: “What is stainless steel made of?” - and answered:
“You can find this out in a metallurgical reference book.”
Quickly looking through the rest of the questions, Einstein put the papers aside and said:
“Without waiting for a refusal, I withdraw my candidacy myself.”
An American journalist, a certain Miss Thompson, interviewed Einstein:
"What is the difference between time and eternity?"
Einstein replied:
"If I had time to explain the difference between these concepts, it would take forever before you would understand it."
Once Albert Einstein and the famous cellist Grigory Pyatigorsky performed together at a charity concert. There was a young journalist sitting in the audience who was supposed to write a report about the concert. He addressed a question to one of the listeners:
- Excuse me, we all know Pyatigorsky, but this Einstein, who is speaking today...
- My God, don’t you know, this is the great Einstein!
“Yes, of course, thank you,” the journalist became embarrassed and began to scribble something in a notebook.
The next day, a report appeared in the newspaper about Pyatigorsky's performance together with Einstein - a great musician, an incomparable virtuoso violinist, who eclipsed Pyatigorsky himself with his brilliant playing. The review made everyone laugh a lot, especially Einstein. He cut out the note and carried it with him all the time, showed it to his friends and said:
- Do you think I'm a scientist? No, I'm a famous violinist, that's who I really am!
One day Einstein was at a reception with King Albert of Belgium. After tea there was a small amateur concert in which the Queen of Belgium took part. After the concert, Einstein approached the queen:
“Your Majesty, you played excellently! Tell me, why else do you need the profession of a queen?”
One lively journalist, holding a notebook and pencil, asked Einstein:
“Do you have a notebook or notebook where you write down your great thoughts?”
Einstein looked at him and said:
“Young man! Truly great thoughts come to mind so rarely that they are not difficult to remember.”
One lady friend asked Einstein to call her, but warned that her phone number was very difficult to remember: “24-361. Remember? Repeat!”
Einstein was surprised:
“Of course I remember! Two dozen, and 19 squared!”
Einstein adored Charlie Chaplin's films and had great sympathy for both him and his touching characters. One day he sent Chaplin a telegram:
"Your film "Gold Rush" is understood by everyone in the world, and I am sure that you will become a great man! Einstein."
Chaplin replied:
“I admire you even more. No one in the world understands your theory of relativity, but you still became a great man! Chaplin.”
When Einstein was visiting one day, it started to rain outside. The owners offered the leaving scientist a hat, but he refused:
“Why do I need a hat? I knew it would rain, so I didn’t take my hat. It’s obvious that the hat will take much longer to dry than my hair.”
One day, Einstein was walking along the corridor of Princeton, and a young and very untalented physicist met him. Having caught up with Eintain, he tapped him familiarly on the shoulder and asked patronizingly:
- How are you, colleague?
- Colleague? - Einstein asked in surprise. - Are you also suffering from rheumatism?
In the summer of 1909, in honor of its 350th anniversary, the University of Geneva, founded by Calvin, awarded more than a hundred honorary doctorates. One of them was intended for an employee of the Swiss Patent Office in Bern - Albert Einstein.
When Einstein received a large envelope containing a sheet of magnificent paper filled with some colorful text in an incomprehensible language, he decided that it was Latin (in fact it was French), and the recipient was a certain Tinstein, and our hero sent the paper into the trash can.
He later learned that it was an invitation to Calvin's celebrations and a notification of the award of an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva.
Since Einstein did not respond to the invitation, the university authorities turned to Einstein’s friend Lucien Chavant, who was able to convince Einstein to come to Geneva. But Einstein still knew nothing about the purpose of his trip and arrived in Geneva in a straw hat and casual jacket, in which he had to participate in the academic procession.
Here is what Einstein himself says about this case:
“The celebration ended with the most sumptuous feast I have ever attended. I asked one of the Genevan “city fathers” with whom I was sitting next:
"Do you know what Calvin would do if he were here?"
The neighbor was curious - what exactly? Then I replied:
“He would start a fire and burn us all for the sin of gluttony!”
My interlocutor did not make a sound, and this ends my memories of the glorious celebration...”
One day, getting on a Berlin tram, Einstein, out of habit, began to read. Then, without looking at the conductor, he took out from his pocket the money that had been calculated in advance for the ticket.
“There’s not enough here,” said the conductor.
“It can’t be,” answered the scientist, without looking up from the book.
- And I’m telling you - it’s not enough.
Einstein shook his head again, saying, this can’t be. The conductor was indignant:
- Then count, here - 15 pfennigs. So five more are missing.
Einstein rummaged in his pocket and actually found the right coin. He felt embarrassed, but the conductor, smiling, said:
- Nothing, grandfather, you just need to learn arithmetic.
In 1898, Einstein wrote to his sister Maya:
“I have to work a lot, but still not too much. From time to time I manage to find an hour and laze around in the picturesque surroundings of Zurich... If everyone lived like me, there would be no adventure novels...”
One day Einstein was walking down the street, thoughtfully, and met his friend. He invited him to his home:
"Come to me in the evening, Professor Stimson will be with me."
The friend was surprised:
“But I am Stimson!”
Einstein responded:
"It doesn't matter - come anyway."
Einstein was famous for sometimes making notes on anything he could get his hands on (so he wouldn't miss a thought). Once he and his wife were invited to the opening of a new astronomical telescope. After the opening they were given a short tour. The guide who accompanied them, pointing to the telescope, said: With the help of this device we are discovering the secrets of the universe, to which Einstein’s wife immediately remarked:
- It’s strange, but for my husband all it takes is a stub of a pencil and a piece of paper...
Einstein once gave a presentation at a tense scientific conference. At the end of the conference, the organizers asked the scientist which moment of the conference was the most difficult for him.
Einstein replied:
“The biggest difficulty was to wake up the audience, which had fallen asleep after the speech of the chairman introducing me to the audience.”
Einstein completed his general theory of relativity in 1915, but world fame came to him only in 1919, when, after processing data from observations of a solar eclipse, Arthur Eddington and other English scientists confirmed the effect of deflection of light rays in a gravitational field predicted by the theory.
No one cared then, and even now few people are interested, in the fact that this effect was confirmed only qualitatively, and quantitative estimates of the displacement of the light beam differed by almost an order of magnitude from those predicted by theory. The point was the novelty of the discovery of the effect itself.
Einstein himself reacted to worldwide fame quite calmly and wrote in a Christmas card to his friend Heinrich Sanger:
“Fame makes me stupider and stupider, which, however, is quite common. There is a huge gap between what a person is and what others think about him or, at least, say out loud. But all this must be accepted without malice "
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Copyright: aphorisms quotes from 20th century authors
My wish is to undergo the cremation procedure so that people do not worship the bones as an idol.
By dedicating yourself entirely to the people, you can find the meaning of life, regardless of the dangers that lie in wait and the length of your life.
It is blasphemous to boast about achievements and successes when children are hungry, cold and in poverty, surviving on the margins of society. - Albert Einstein
Imagination has no boundaries, knowledge is always within limits. Embrace the whole world with fantasy, dreams, imagining yourself as the ruler of the universal universe.
The value of society lies in the opportunities it provides for the development of personality and individuality.
Even fools can control order. Genius reigns over chaos.
A. Einstein: Strive not for success and local victories, but for the meaningful component of life.
The secret of all creativity is knowledge of sources of inspiration and novelty.
Education is the remnant of knowledge left in the head that we were once taught.
The uniqueness and originality of creativity depends on sources of inspiration, which are carefully and scrupulously hidden from prying eyes. Ideas are especially unique when the whole world is impatient for your next discovery.
Read the continuation of the best aphorisms and quotes of Einstein on the pages:
The life of an individual has meaning only to the extent that it helps to make the lives of other people more beautiful and noble.
There are only two ways to live your life. The first is as if no miracles happen. The second is as if everything in the world is a miracle.
Strength of mind cannot replace sensitivity of fingers.
Science is not and will never be a finished book. Every important success brings new questions. Every development reveals new and deeper difficulties over time.
There is no space and time, but there is their unity.
Never memorize anything you can find in a book.
People cause me seasickness, not the sea. But I'm afraid science has not yet found a cure for this disease.
It is a big mistake to think that a sense of duty and compulsion can help one find joy in looking and searching.
The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to its former limits.
When a young man sits in an embrace with a pretty girl, a whole hour flies by like one minute. But put him on a hot stove, and a minute will seem like an hour to him. This is the theory of relativity.
The laws of mathematics that have any relation to the real world are unreliable; and reliable mathematical laws have no relevance to the real world.
Mathematics is the only perfect method for fooling yourself.
If you live as if nothing in this world is a miracle, then you will be able to do whatever you want and you will not have obstacles. If you live as if everything is a miracle, then you will be able to enjoy even the smallest manifestations of beauty in this world. If you live both ways at the same time, your life will be happy and productive.
Everyone knows that this is impossible. But then comes an ignorant person who doesn’t know this - he makes a discovery.
No problem can be solved at the same level at which it arose.
Anyone who wants to see the results of their labor immediately should become a shoemaker.
Understanding nature is a drama, a drama of ideas.
Marriage is an attempt to create something lasting and lasting out of a random episode.
The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to its former limits.
I never think about the future. It comes on its own soon enough.
The old man had a merciless gaze; There was no illusion in the world that could lull him to sleep - except faith in his own ideas.
A person's worth should be determined by what he gives, not by what he is able to achieve. Try to become not a successful person, but a valuable person.
There is no doubt that there is a significant element of truth in quantum mechanics...However, I do not think that quantum mechanics is the starting point for the search for a [future theoretical] basis, just as one cannot, starting from thermodynamics... arrive at the foundations of mechanics.
I don’t know with what weapons the third world war will be fought, but the fourth will be fought with sticks and stones. – I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Strive not to achieve success, but to ensure that your life has meaning
If you want to become a successful entrepreneur, you need to start doing business now. Wanting to start but being afraid of the consequences will get you nowhere. This is true in other areas of life: to win, you first need to play.
Gravity cannot be responsible for those whom love sweeps off their feet.
Common sense is the sum of prejudices acquired before the age of eighteen.
Everyone knows that this is impossible. But then comes an ignorant person who doesn’t know this - he makes a discovery.
To become a perfect member of the flock of sheep, you must first be a sheep.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
If you do not sin against reason, you cannot come to anything at all.
Most people don't try anything new because they are afraid of making mistakes. But there is no need to be afraid of this. Often a person who fails learns more about how to win than someone who succeeds immediately.
Only those who make absurd attempts will be able to achieve the impossible.
A mathematician can already do something, but, of course, not what they want to get from him at the moment.
Learn the rules and play the best. Simple, like everything ingenious.
Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But it’s not like that at all...
It is very important not to interrupt the questions. Curiosity has its right to exist.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you anywhere. Logic can take you from point A to point B, and imagination can take you anywhere...
Equations are more important to me because politics is for the present, and equations are for eternity.
All ideas in science are born out of a dramatic conflict between reality and our attempts to understand it.
The meaning of life is only a life dedicated to others ©
The only thing my long life has taught me is that all our science, in the face of reality, looks primitive and childishly naive - and yet it is the most valuable thing we have.
There is an amazing opportunity to master a subject mathematically without understanding the essence of the matter.
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. All this is so not because I am so smart. This is all due to the fact that I don’t give up for a long time when solving a problem.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the whole world, stimulating progress, giving rise to evolution.
There are two ways to live: you can live as if miracles do not happen and you can live as if everything in this world is a miracle.
Education is what remains after you forget everything you learned at school.
When you realize how far humanity has come since cave times, the power of imagination is felt on a full scale. What we have now was achieved with the help of the imagination of our forefathers. What we will have in the future will be built with the help of our imagination.
Marriage is an attempt to create something lasting and lasting out of a random episode.
If you look at world famous people, you can see that each of them gave something to this world. You have to give in order to be able to take. When your goal is to add value to the world, you will rise to the next level of life.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the incomprehensible. It serves as a source of genuine art and science.
You need to learn the rules of the game. And then you need to start playing better than everyone else.
I don’t know what weapons will be used to fight in the third world war, but in the fourth, stones and clubs will be used.
There is no point in continuing to do the same thing and expect different results. – Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
If the theory of relativity is confirmed, the Germans will say that I am a German, and the French will say that I am a citizen of the world; but if my theory is refuted, the French will declare me a German, and the Germans a Jew.
Everything should be stated as simply as possible, but not simpler.
The science of politics is a much more complex thing than the science of physics.
As I study myself and my way of thinking, I come to the conclusion that the gift of imagination and fantasy meant more to me than any ability for abstract thinking.
Smart people always ask questions. Ask yourself and other people to find a solution. This will allow you to learn new things and analyze your own growth.
It is very important not to stop asking questions. Curiosity is not given to man by chance.
In 30 years, you will absolutely forget everything you had to study in school. You will only remember what you have learned yourself.
A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself
Only those who make absurd attempts will be able to achieve the impossible.
The true value of a person is determined by the extent to which he has freed himself from selfishness and by what means he has achieved this.
Dreaming about everything you could achieve in life is an important element of a positive life. Let your imagination wander freely and create a world in which you would like to live.
The secret of creativity is the ability to hide the sources of your inspiration.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
There are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although I'm not sure about the Universe.
There are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although I'm not entirely sure about the Universe.
The process of scientific discovery is, in essence, a continuous flight from miracles.
No goal is so high as to justify unworthy means to achieve it.
Our math difficulties don't bother God. He integrates empirically.
Education is what remains after everything we were taught is forgotten.
Life is sacred; this is, so to speak, the supreme value to which all other values are subordinated
The war has been won, but not the peace.
Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works... and no one knows why!
I learned to look at death as an old debt that must be paid sooner or later.
The biggest stupidity is to do the same thing and hope for a different result.
The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
The main thing in the life of a person of my type is what he thinks and how he thinks, and not what he does or experiences.
I never think about the future. It comes quite quickly.
A person can find meaning in life only by devoting himself to society
It has often happened in physics that significant success has been achieved by drawing consistent analogies between seemingly unrelated phenomena.
The question that puzzles me is: am I crazy or is everything around me?
Those who have never made mistakes have never tried something new.
Power always attracts people of low moral character.
In my imagination I am free to draw like an artist. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination spans the entire world.
You will never solve a problem if you think the same way as those who created it.
I cannot believe in God as a being who directly influences the actions of individual people or administers judgment over his creatures. I am not able to believe in it, although the mechanical causality of modern science is to a certain extent called into question. My faith consists in humble worship of a spirit incomparably superior to us and revealed to us in the little that we are able to know with our weak, mortal mind. Morality is very important, but not for God, but for us.
A man who has never made mistakes has never tried anything new.
Since mathematicians took up the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it.
Today, the name of Albert Einstein is primarily associated with the image of the great scientist who created the theory of relativity. But he was not always so successful; on the contrary, at school the boy often skipped classes, studied poorly and did not even receive a certificate of education.
He preferred playing the violin to boring university lectures. Later, this musical instrument helped the scientist solve complex problems: as soon as he doubted something, he immediately began to play, and clear thoughts came to his head.
From the very beginning of his scientific career, Einstein was confident that he would receive the Nobel Prize. And he was absolutely right - in 1921 he became its owner. The genius is the author of about 300 works on physics and about 150 scientific works on philosophy.
In relationships with the opposite sex, he was distinguished by Don Juanism and inconstancy. A serious man in science was frivolous in his personal life.
Quotes by Albert Einstein about life and being
Life is like driving a bicycle. To keep your balance you must moveThere are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although I'm not sure about the Universe.
Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works... and no one knows why!
There are only two ways to live life. The first is as if miracles do not exist. The second one is like there are only miracles all around.
If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
Strive not to achieve success, but to ensure that your life has meaning.
Information in its pure form is not knowledge. The real source of knowledge is experience.
Observe nature carefully and you will understand everything much better.
Aphorisms about man
A person's worth should be determined by what he gives, not by what he is able to achieve. Try to become not a successful person, but a valuable person.
A man who has never made mistakes has never tried anything new.
To become a perfect member of the flock of sheep, you must first be a sheep.
A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
You need to learn the rules of the game. And then you need to start playing better than everyone else A person who has never made mistakes has never tried anything new.
All people lie, but it’s not scary, no one listens to each other.
We are all geniuses. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking it is stupid.
Do you know? Albert Einstein always said “I” and did not allow anyone to say “we”. The meaning of this pronoun simply did not reach the scientist. His close friend only once saw the imperturbable Einstein in rage when his wife uttered the forbidden “we”.
About faith and God
Almighty God cannot judge humanity.
I do not believe in a theological god who rewards good and punishes evil.
God is cunning, but not malicious.
God doesn't play dice.
Observing the harmony of the cosmos, I, with my limited human mind, am able to admit that there are still people who say that there is no God. But what really angers me is that they back up such a statement with a quote from me.
Our math difficulties don't bother God. He integrates empirically.
Did God have a choice when He created the Universe? Before God, we are all equally smart, or rather, equally stupid.
A person's ethical behavior should be based on empathy, education, and community connections. No religious basis is required for this.
Religion, art and science are branches of the same tree.
Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind.
Through coincidences, God maintains anonymity.
Wise sayings of a genius
Finding the truth is more important than having the truth.
Education is what remains after you forget everything you learned at school.
It is very important not to stop asking questions. Curiosity is not given to man by chance.
Only those who make absurd attempts will be able to achieve the impossible.
The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to its former limits.
I don’t know with what weapons the third world war will be fought, but the fourth will be fought with sticks and stones.
In my imagination I am free to draw like an artist. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination covers the whole world
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the whole world, stimulating progress, giving rise to evolution.
There is no point in continuing to do the same thing and expect different results.
You will never solve a problem if you think the same way as those who created it.
Anyone who wants to see the results of their labor immediately should become a shoemaker.
So that's it!Scientists who examined Einstein's brain proved that the gray matter was different from normal. Scientific studies have shown that the areas of the brain responsible for speech and language are reduced, while the areas responsible for processing numerical and spatial information are enlarged.
Everyone knows that this is impossible. But then comes an ignorant person who doesn’t know this - he makes a discovery.
Even scientists from different countries behave as if their brains have been amputated.
The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
The question that puzzles me is: am I crazy or is everything around me?
I never think about the future. It comes soon enough The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible.
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old child, you don't understand it yourself.
Logic can take you from point A to point B, but imagination can take you anywhere...
To win, first of all, you need to play.
Never memorize anything you can find in a book.