“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.”
“There are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although I’m not entirely sure about the Universe.”
“For the simpletons, Einstein explained his theory of relativity as follows: “This is when Zurich stops at this train.”
“The only thing that can guide us to noble thoughts and actions is the example of great and morally pure individuals.”
“When I was young, I discovered that my big toe sooner or later made a hole in my sock. So I stopped wearing socks."
“A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.”
“No amount of experimentation can prove a theory; but one experiment is enough to refute it.”
“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. Life is sacred; it is, so to speak, the supreme value to which all other values are subordinated.”
“It is impossible to solve a problem at the same level at which it arose. We need to rise above this problem by rising to the next level.”
“Man is a part of the whole, which we call the Universe, a part limited in time and space.”
“Every person is obliged to at least return to the world as much as he took from it.”
“Nothing of value can be born from ambition or a sense of duty. Values arise through love and devotion to people and the objective realities of this world.”
“The world cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved through understanding.”
“The real progress of mankind depends not so much on the inventive mind as on consciousness.”
“There is only one path to greatness, and that path is through suffering.”
“Morality is the basis of all human values.”
“It is time to replace the ideal of success with the ideal of service.”
“A person can find meaning in life only by devoting himself to society.”
“The goal of the school should always be to educate a harmonious personality, and not a specialist.”
“Ethical behavior should be based on sympathy for people, education and social connections; there is no need for a religious basis at all.”
“Only the life that is lived for the sake of other people is worthy.”
“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.”
“Strive not to achieve success, but to ensure that your life has meaning.”
“I don’t know with what weapons they will fight in the 3rd World War, but in the 4th World War they will fight with sticks and stones.”
“Marriage is an attempt to create something lasting and lasting out of a random episode.”
“The Lord God calculates differentials empirically.”
“The process of scientific discovery is, in essence, a continuous flight from miracles.”
“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.”
“If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.”
“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.”
“Common sense is the sum of prejudices acquired before the age of eighteen.”
“Nationalism is a childhood disease. This is the measles of humanity."
“The war has been won, but not the peace.”
“It’s very simple, my dears: because politics is much more complicated than physics!”
“International laws exist only in collections of international laws.”
“People cause me seasickness, not the sea. But I’m afraid science has not yet found a cure for this disease.”
“It is not easy to say what the truth is, but lies are often easy to recognize.”
“Whoever wants to see the results of his labor immediately should become a shoemaker.”
“You will never solve a problem if you think like those who created it.”
“A scientist is like a mimosa when he notices his own mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers someone else’s mistake.”
“What can a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life?”
“I have learned to look at death as an old debt that must be paid sooner or later.”
“My husband is a genius! He knows how to do absolutely everything except money. (A. Einstein’s wife about him)"
“I want to be cremated so people don’t come to worship my bones.”
“I survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.”
“The greater my fame, the more stupid I become; and this is undoubtedly the general rule.”
“Our mathematical difficulties do not bother God. He integrates empirically."
“You shouldn’t deify the intellect. He has powerful muscles, but no face."
“Mathematics is the most perfect way to fool yourself.”
“Since mathematicians took up the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it.”
“It has often happened in physics that significant success has been achieved by drawing consistent analogies between apparently unrelated phenomena.”
“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.”
“It is amazingly possible to master a subject mathematically without understanding the essence of the matter.”
“All ideas in science are born out of a dramatic conflict between reality and our attempts to understand it.”
“The Lord God does not play dice.”
“The Lord God is subtle, but not malicious.”
“Everyone knows that this is impossible. But then an ignoramus comes along, who doesn’t know this, and he makes the discovery.”
“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 most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”
“If you don’t sin against reason, you can’t come to anything at all.”
“Everything should be stated as simply as possible, but not simpler.”
“Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
We can be convinced of the scientist’s wit and unconventional thinking by re-reading his brilliant statements.
45 Albert Einstein quotes:
- There are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although I'm not sure about the Universe.
- Anyone who wants to see the results of their labor immediately should become a shoemaker.
- Everyone knows that this is impossible. But then comes an ignorant person who doesn’t know this - he makes a discovery.
- The question that puzzles me is: “Am I crazy or everyone else?”
- Nationalism is a childhood disease. This is the measles of humanity.
- Marriage is an unsuccessful attempt to turn a random episode into something lasting.
- I am a deeply religious atheist. You could say that this is a kind of new religion.
- Life is like driving a bicycle. To maintain balance, you must move.
- The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to its former limits.
- Education is what remains after everything learned at school is forgotten.
- 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.
- Only those who make absurd attempts will be able to achieve the impossible.
- Only a fool needs order - genius rules over chaos.
- 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.
- I don’t know with what weapons the third world war will be fought, but the fourth will be fought with sticks and stones.
- 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.
- People cause me seasickness, not the sea. But I'm afraid science has not yet found a cure for this disease.
- A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
- Strive not to achieve success, but to ensure that your life has meaning.
- Mathematics is the only perfect method for fooling yourself.
- The greater my fame, the more stupid I become; and this is undoubtedly the general rule.
- If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
- International laws exist only in collections of international laws.
- Through coincidences, God maintains anonymity.
- The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
- I survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
- The question that puzzles me is: am I crazy or is everything around me?
- I never think about the future. It comes on its own soon enough.
- The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible.
- 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.
- 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.
- Imagination is the most important thing, it is a reflection of what we attract into our lives.
- To win, you first need to play.
- Never memorize anything you can find in a book.
- I'm too crazy not to be a genius.
- To break through a wall with your forehead, you need either a long run-up or many foreheads.
- 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, and imagination can take you anywhere...
- Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But not at all like that.
- If a cluttered desk means a cluttered mind, then what does an empty desk mean?
Theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics, winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, public figure and humanist. Lived in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. Honorary doctor of about 20 leading universities in the world, member of many Academies of Sciences, including a foreign honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Special theory of relativity (1905).
Within its framework is the law of the relationship between mass and energy: ( E = mc2).
General theory of relativity (1907-1916).
Quantum theory of the photoelectric effect.
Quantum theory of heat capacity.
Quantum statistics of Bose - Einstein.
Statistical theory of Brownian motion, which laid the foundations of the theory of fluctuations.
Theory of stimulated emission.
Theory of light scattering by thermodynamic fluctuations in a medium.
He also predicted gravitational waves and "quantum teleportation", and predicted and measured the Einstein-de Haas gyromagnetic effect. Since 1933, he worked on problems of cosmology and unified field theory. He actively opposed war, against the use of nuclear weapons, for humanism, respect for human rights, and mutual understanding between peoples.
Quotes, aphorisms and sayings
Those who have never made mistakes have never tried something new.
There are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although I'm not sure about the Universe.
Everyone knows that this is impossible. But then comes an ignorant person who doesn’t know this - he makes a discovery.
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.
If a cluttered desk means a cluttered mind, then what does an empty desk mean?
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.
The world is dangerous, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
When you sit next to a pretty girl, an hour seems like a minute, and when you sit on a hot frying pan, a minute seems like an hour.
If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
Logic will take you from point A to point B. Imagination will take you anywhere.
The world is dangerous not because some people do evil, but because some people see it and do nothing.
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.
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.
I survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
It is better to believe than not to believe, because with faith everything becomes possible.
I'm too crazy not to be a genius.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the whole world, stimulating progress, giving rise to evolution.
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!
The goal of the school should always be to educate a harmonious personality, and not a specialist.
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.
Only those who make absurd attempts will be able to achieve the impossible.
The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
Strive not to achieve success, but to ensure that your life has meaning.
Education is what remains after everything learned at school is forgotten.
The question that puzzles me is: am I crazy or is everything around me?
Anyone who wants to see the results of their labor immediately should become a shoemaker.
Through coincidences, God maintains anonymity.
Only a fool needs order; genius rules over chaos.
Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But it’s not like that at all...
To win, you first need to play.
Imagination is the most important thing, it is a reflection of what we attract into our lives.
Since mathematicians took up the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it.
To break through a wall with your forehead, you need either a long run-up or many foreheads.
I never think about the future. It comes on its own soon enough.
A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
The war has been won, but not the peace.
Learn from yesterday, live today, hope for tomorrow. The main thing is not to stop asking questions... Never lose your sacred curiosity.
Albert Einstein is one of the most brilliant scientists of all mankind. He created the famous theory of relativity, and yet to this day he remains a mysterious figure. His views are of interest to many, but they are also a stumbling block - after all, not everyone can interpret them correctly.
Einstein and scientific work
He lived a truly fruitful life. Quotes from Albert Einstein can be seen today on social networks and in scientific journals. And this is not surprising, because he wrote about 300 works in the field of physics and more than 150 journalistic books and philosophical works. Einstein is the author of a number of theories in physics, and not just the theory of relativity, as many believe. Thanks to the famous quotes of Albert Einstein, not only scientists, but also people far from science now know about the scientist’s achievements. “I’m too crazy not to be a genius,” the great scientist wrote about himself.
“The search for truth is more important than the possession of truth” - perhaps these words can describe Einstein’s attitude to scientific research. But one can often notice critical views towards those who do not make enough effort in scientific research, as is also evidenced by some quotes from Albert Einstein. “Even scientists from different countries behave as if their brains have been amputated,” the scientist spoke sharply.
Great scholar of religion
Einstein's views on religion were always full of a wide variety of contradictions. Some authors say that the great physicist was a believer; others, on the contrary, are sure that he always adhered to atheistic views. Proponents of these opinions usually rely on quotes from Albert Einstein. It is unlikely that a clear truth will ever be established regarding the worldview of the great scientist. However, careful research shows that Einstein’s views cannot be fit into the everyday system of coordinates that divides the world into black and white, atheists and believers.
Pervasive distortion of meaning
Those people who claim that Einstein was a believer usually refer to his words about God and faith. However, such people often take them out of context - what Einstein said about religion was often given a completely different meaning. One day, an atheist decided to write a long letter to a scientist. In it, he said that he seriously doubted Einstein’s religious views, which the scientist had the imprudence to express in one of his articles. This is what the great physicist answered him: “It was, of course, a lie - what you read about my religious beliefs. I don't believe in a personal God."
Nobel Prize
Physics and Albert Einstein are inseparable concepts. However, today everyone who is interested in his biography knows: as a child, Einstein was by no means an excellent student. Since he began to talk quite late, and also had a large head compared to other children, the mother of the future brilliant scientist suspected a congenital disorder in her son and, of course, could not assume that in the future he would receive the highest award in in his field - the Nobel Prize in Physics.
During his school years, Einstein was quite withdrawn and even lazy. He often skipped lectures, devoting his time to reading scientific journals. The great researcher did not immediately receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. This only happened in 1922, after several attempts - the scientist was nominated for the prestigious award several times. “How much we know, and how little we understand,” wrote the great scientist.
Scientist's brain
“The world is a madhouse. Fame means everything,” the scientist wrote. And here is another one of his famous quotes: “Fame makes me stupider and stupider.” Despite this, Einstein gave his consent to study his own brain after his death. The scientist's brain was removed by expert Thomas Harver. He constantly moved from one state to another, and took it with him. It wasn't until the 1990s that the brain was found in Princeton research laboratories. For 43 years, Einstein's brain lay in a jar, and after that it was sent out in small pieces to different scientists from all over the world. It turned out that in Einstein’s brain the number of cells responsible for synthesizing information from the surrounding world was much higher than that of the average person. In addition, his brain had greater density. The parietal lobe, which is responsible for counting and mathematics abilities, was also enlarged.
It is also known that Einstein studied music throughout his life. The scientist passionately loved to play the violin. Einstein took music lessons from the age of six. There is a known case when a scientist remained in company with the composer Eisler. Everyone around knew that the physicist played the violin well, and asked him to play. Einstein tried to tune his violin, but it didn't work. Even after several attempts, the physicist could not get into rhythm. Then Eisler stood up from the piano and said: “I don’t understand why the whole world considers a man great who can’t even count to three!”
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.