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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Country Germany
Born Friday, 14 March 1879
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Quotes 952

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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory within physics. (Source: Wikipedia)

Quotes by Albert Einstein

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“We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.” Uncategorized
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” Uncategorized
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” Uncategorized
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” Uncategorized
“It would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists (Jews) do to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to Jews.” Uncategorized
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.” Uncategorized
“The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge. ” Uncategorized
“It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.” Uncategorized
“If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.” Uncategorized
“Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.” Uncategorized
“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” Uncategorized
“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them. ” Uncategorized
“A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.” Uncategorized
“Everyone must become their own person, however frightful that may be. ” Uncategorized
“My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.” Uncategorized
“If I could do it all again, I'd be a plumber.” Uncategorized
“Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” Uncategorized
“Our separation from each other is an optical illusion.” Uncategorized
“Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.” Uncategorized
“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.” Uncategorized