Albert Einstein








Albert Einstein is a man who will forever hold a place in human history. His capacity for thought was nothing short of brilliant and his ideas have changed the world. The German-born physicist and philosopher established the theory of relativity and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, yet most people know him for his famous mass-energy equivalence formula (E = mc^2).

These 10 quotes give us a glimpse inside of the mind of the man that Time magazine dubbed ‘Person of the Century’ in 1999.

Regarding politics

"I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever."

[The Yale Book of Quotations]

Regarding relativity

"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity."

[The Yale Book of Quotations]

Regarding imagination

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

[Smithsonian, February 1979]

Regarding life

"A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future."

[Smithsonian, February 1979]

Regarding curiosity

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

[Nova]

Being humble

"The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working."

[Smithsonian, February 1979]

Regarding thoughts

"I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards."

[Productive Thinking, 1959]

When there’s more than meets the eye

"Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But there is no doubt in my mind that the lion belongs with it even if he cannot reveal himself to the eye all at once because of his huge dimension."

[Smithsonian, February 1979]

Regarding authority

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."

[The Curious History of Relativity]

Regarding certainty

"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

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