Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist of all time made great contributions to science and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
The name Einstein today is synonymous with the word genius. Albert Einstein is one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Some of his ideas about science, nature and faith may surprise you. It is not for nothing that "Person of the Century" was chosen by "Time" magazine.
But he was not only a great scientist, but also an extraordinary man. His 31 most brilliant quotes.
31 brilliant quotes from Albert Einstein
1 – On the lack of talent
"I have no talent. But I'm very curious."
2 – On the paradox of his life
"To punish me for disrespecting authority, fate has made me an authoritarian."
3 – For isolation
"There is a divide between black people and white people in the United States. This divide is not a disease of black people. This is a white man's disease. I don't intend to sit idly by on this."
4 – For the war
"You cannot prevent or suddenly prepare for war. Preventing war requires more faith, more courage, than it takes to prepare for war.
5 – Asked if he considers himself German or Jewish
"I see myself as a man. Nationalism is a childhood disease. It is the measles of mankind"
6 – On being famous
"The cult of individual personalities is always, in my opinion, unjustifiable. To be sure, nature distributes her gifts in various ways among her children. But there are many of them who live comfortably even though they are not famous.”
7 – For survival
"I'm doing well, considering I survived Nazism and two wives."
8 – On education
"The school failed me and I failed the school. It used to annoy me. The teachers behaved like sergeants. I wanted to learn what I wanted, but they wanted me to learn for the exam. What I hated the most was the competitive system. Because of them, I was worthless, and several times they suggested I drop out of school. I felt that my thirst for knowledge had been slaked by teachers whose grades were simply a measuring system."
9 – On the career path
"If I wasn't a physicist, I would be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in musical lines. I wouldn't have done any work without music".
10 – For the meaning of life
"What is the meaning of human life, or organic life? To answer this question you have to include an entire religion. The man who belongs to his life and the creatures around him is not only pitiable but almost disqualified from life."
11 – For praise
"The only way to escape the corrupting effect of praise is to keep working."
12 – On reading
"Reading after a period of time takes the mind too far from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads a lot and uses his brain a little falls into the lazy habit of thinking, just like the man who spends a lot of time in the cinema forgetting his life.”
13 – On religion
"The most beautiful thing you can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of true art and science. He to whom this emotion is foreign, is as if dead, with closed eyes. Insight into the mystery of life gives it meaning. If this is religion, then I am a devoutly religious man."
14 – On being lonely
“I am a lonely traveler and I have never belonged to this country, my home, my friends or even my family wholeheartedly. I have never lost the desire and need for a little solitude.
15 – For success
"Try not to become a man of success, but a man of values."
16- For education
"The only thing that contradicts my knowledge is education."
17- About the truth
"If you are in the world to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor."
18- About the war
"I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
19- For stupidity
"Foolishness: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
20- Relativity...
"Gravity is not responsible for people falling in love. How can you explain in chemical and physical terms such an important phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on the oven for a moment and it seems like an hour. Sit with a special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. This is relativity".
21- For life...
"Anyone who has not made any mistakes has not tried anything new".
22- About babies
"If I start taking care of my baby, I won't be myself anymore."
23- On happiness
“A table, a chair, a canister of fruit and a violin; what more does a man need to be happy?"
24- On the way of life
"There are two ways to live life. One is to think that nothing is a miracle. The other is to think that everything is a miracle."
25- Religion and science
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind".
26- Again for life
"Anyone who considers his own life or that of others without meaning is not only unhappy, but not even worthy of living."
27- On optimism...
"It is better to be optimistic in vain than to be pessimistic without reason."
28- For work...
"Who is busy with work, does not even have time to cry".
29- Great souls...
Great minds have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
30- About the atomic bomb
"Atomic bomb... If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker."
31- For the mind...
"To lose your mind, you need to have it!"