Science without religion is lame, religion
without science is blind.
Try not to become a man of success
but rather to become a man of value.
If you are out to describe the truth,
leave elegance to the tailor.
If we knew what it was we were doing,
it would not be called research, would it?
Do not worry about your problems with
mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
Only a life lived for others is a life
worth while.
An empty stomach is not a good political
adviser
I do not know with what weapons World
War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought
with sticks and stones.
Peace cannot be achieved through violence,
it can only be attained through understanding.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts
the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man
who read too much and uses his own brain too little
falls into lazy habits of thinking.
The only source of knowledge is experience.
It is only to the individual that a
soul is given.
Gravitation can not be held responsible
for people falling in love.
If A equals success, then the formula
is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth
shut.
Few are those who see with their own
eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Teaching should be such that what is
offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a
hard duty.
The whole of science is nothing more
than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The fear of death is the most unjustified
of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone
who's dead.
3 rules of work
Great spirits have always encountered
violent opposition from mediocre minds.
There are only two ways to live your
life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other
is as if everything is.
One cannot alter a condition with the
same mind set that created it in the first place.
The ideals which have lighted my way,
and time after time have given me new courage to face
life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth.
Nothing truly valuable arises from
ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather
from love and devotion toward men and toward objective
things.
The most beautiful thing we can experience
is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art
and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger,
who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in
awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
The difference between genius and stupidity
is that genius has its limits.
Only two things are infinite, the universe
and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
When I examine myself and my methods
of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of
fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing
positive knowledge.
It gives me great pleasure to see the
stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly
acclaimed.
Things should be made as simple as
possible, but not any simpler.
Few are those who see with their own
eyes and feel with their own hearts.