Quotes from Albert Einstein

Non so con quali armi si combatterà la Terza guerra mondiale, ma la Quarta sì: con bastoni e pietre

L'immaginazione è più importante della conoscenza. La conoscenza è limitata; l'immaginazione abbraccia il mondo

Descrivere ogni cosa in modo scientifico sarebbe possibile, ma assurdo. Non avrebbe senso, sarebbe come descrivere una sinfonia di Beethoven in base alla variazione della pressione d'onda

There is nothing that is more certain sign of insanity than to do the same thing over and over and expect the results to be different

The words or the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought

I fear that technology will destroy human interaction

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

Je refuse de séjourner dans un pays où la liberté politique, la tolérance et l'égalité ne seront pas garanties par la loi. Je maintiendrai cette attitude aussi longtemps que nécessaire. Par liberté politique je comprends la liberté d'exprimer publiquement ou par écrit mon opinion politique, et par tolérance j'entends le respect de toute conviction individuelle.

While it is true that scientific results are entirely independent from religious or moral considerations, those individuals to whom we owe the great creative achievements of science were all of them imbued with the truly religious conviction that this universe of ours is something perfect and susceptible to the rational striving for knowledge.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative.

It's not gay if you didn't know it was a boy.

No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.

Life is like riding a bicycle. You must keep moving to maintain the balance.

I am thankful for all those who said no to me. It's because of them I am doing it myself!

te po?i certa cu adev?rat numai cu fra?ii t?i ?i cu prietenii apropia?i; ceilal?i sunt prea str?ini pentru a?a ceva.

It cannot be doubted that the world crisis and the suffering and privations of the people resulting from the crisis are in some measure responsible for the dangerous upheavals of which we are the witness. In such periods discontent breeds hatred, and hatred leads to acts of violence and revolution, and often even to war.

In my opinion, the present symptoms of decadence are explained by the fact that the development of industry and machinery has made the struggle for existence very much more severe, greatly to the detriment of the free development of the individual.

Raffiniert ist Herrgott, doch ein Schwindler ist er nicht.

The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks. How nonphysicists would scoff if they were able to follow the odd course of developments!

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds.

Only the one who does not question is safe from making a mistake.

Colui che segue la folla non andrà mai più lontano della folla. Colui che va da solo sarà più probabile che si troverà in luoghi dove nessuno è mai arrivato...