Albert Einstein Quotes - Page 5

"It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curious of inquiry. 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."
-Albert Einstein

"Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavor. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations."
-Albert Einstein in Fate quotes.

"Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets."
-Albert Einstein in Earth quotes.

"I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right."
-Albert Einstein in Time quotes.

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
-Albert Einstein in War quotes.

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
-Albert Einstein in Taxes quotes.

"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest sceintists are always artists as well."
-Albert Einstein in Art quotes.

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
-Albert Einstein in New york quotes.

"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence - these are the features of Jewish tradition that make me thank my stars that I belong to it."
-Albert Einstein in Desire quotes.

"Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?"
-Albert Einstein in Books quotes.

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-Albert Einstein in Imagination quotes.

"I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make the day's work like a happy child at play."
-Albert Einstein in Ambition quotes.

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life- long attempt to acquire it."
-Albert Einstein

"Theories should be as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-Albert Einstein

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
-Albert Einstein in Curiosity quotes.

"It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs."
-Albert Einstein in Politics quotes.

"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving."
-Albert Einstein in Value quotes.

"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."
-Albert Einstein in Books quotes.

"People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."
-Albert Einstein in Future quotes.

"If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
-Albert Einstein in Success quotes.