"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
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Albert Einstein
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Quotes by Albert Einstein
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
"Information is not knowledge."
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
"No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
"It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry."
"It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer."
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt."
"Never memorize something that you can look up."
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)"
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
"If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism."
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
"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"
"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."
"Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots"